In February 2015, Alexei Navalny and his supporters campaigned for the anti-crisis Spring march organized by the opposition. While handing out leaflets in the metro, Navalny was detained and then sentenced to 15 days in jail — an attempt by the authorities to prevent one of the organizers from taking part in the event. A few days later, Boris Nemtsov was murdered, and the planned march turned into a memorial procession in his honor.
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