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Protest turns violent as activist jailed in Russia’s Bashkortostan

Russian police crack down on a rare large protest in Bashkortostan, in a still image from video, January 17, 2024. (RusNews via Reuters)

Russian police have cracked down on a large protest in the far eastern region of Bashkortostan after an activist was jailed.

The protest broke out after a court in the town of Baymak sentenced Indigenous rights activist Fail Alsynov to four years in a penal colony on Wednesday. His supporters, estimated by some to number up to 3,000, gathered in protest, which would make it one of the largest demonstrations in Russia since the start of its war against Ukraine.

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