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Russia blames West for fueling protests: "They are dangerous"

Authorities will begin investigating U.S. technology giants following the use of social media by protesters.

The Russian president said a protest by Nabalani supporters against him was illegal, but an ally of the opposition leader called for its renewal next week.

New sanctions are being considered in Europe

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Monday, 25 January 2021, 15:09

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In the video: Thousands detained in demonstrations in support of opposition leader Nabalani (Photo: Reuters, edited by: Assaf Drori)

Russia said today (Monday) that it would investigate the US technology giants for their "interference" in its internal affairs, following the weekend of widespread demonstrations against President Vladimir Putin.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow had protested to U.S. diplomats over "their support for illegal demonstrations" organized by supporters of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Saturday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck from hundreds of cities and towns in Russia, from the Far East to Moscow, in protest of the country's biggest protests in recent years.

The demonstrators, many of them young, ignored the frost and police warnings and took to the streets to call for Nabalani's release and to protest against Putin's 20-year rule.

Putin said today that the demonstrations were illegal and dangerous, during a video call with students.

He said no one has the right to "use illegal actions to advance his political interests".

He also denied the allegations in a video released last week by Navalny, which allegedly exposed his palace on the shores of the Black Sea in southern Russia.

Many of the protesters said they were outraged by the investigation, shouting "Putin is a thief."

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The demonstrators did not shy away.

Clashes in Moscow, Saturday (Photo: Reuters)

Despite authorities' warnings, Leonid Volkov, one of Navalny's allies, today called for more demonstrations next Sunday demanding the release of Navalny, who is serving a 30-day sentence after being arrested on his return to Russia last week after five months in Berlin recovering from his nerve gas poisoning.

In a message on the telegram app, he promised to post more details later in the day.

Joe Biden's new administration in the United States and European countries has strongly condemned the Russian authorities and urged them to release Navalny and the protesters.

Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Putin, attacked a statement issued by the United States embassy in Moscow, warning its citizens to stay away from the protests, but said the embassy was "a normal and routine practice."

Denies that he owns a magnificent palace.

Putin, today (Photo: Reuters)

In Britain, the Russian embassy has accused Western countries of using their own embassies to encourage demonstrations.

EU foreign ministers will meet today to discuss the bloc's response to calls for tougher sanctions on the Kremlin.

Leading the calls are the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and Poland, all of whom have feared Russia's aggressive policies in recent years, especially since the annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.

Zakharova, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said the criticism from Western countries was the result of a "very deep crisis in Western thinking, Western pseudo-democracy and pseudo-liberalism".

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