Russian Police Crack Down On Protests After Navalny Sentencing

Police detain a man in St. Petersburg.

Protesters march in Moscow on February 2, calling for the release of Navalny.

A journalist watches a livestream of the Navalny sentencing hearing as National Guard soldiers stand in front of the court in Moscow. The court converted a years-old suspended sentence to a prison term for a financial-crime conviction widely seen as politically motivated.

Law enforcement officers deploy in downtown St. Petersburg.

Navalny makes a heart symbol for his wife, Yulia, while standing in a cell during his Moscow court hearing on February 2.

Yulia Navalnaya walks out of the Moscow court after it sentenced her husband to prison.

Security forces stand guard in front of a monument to Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov outside Red Square in Moscow.

Security forces march through Moscow's Manezh Square.

Police violently detain a man on Red Square in Moscow.

Police flood the streets in Moscow.

Detainees are held in a police van in downtown Moscow on February 2.

A police officer searches a detainee in downtown Moscow early on February 3.

Riot police violently detain a Navalny supporter in Moscow.

A man drapes a Russian flag across his back as he marches through Moscow in support of Navalny.

Detainees are herded onto buses in Moscow.

People run from security forces in Moscow early on February 3.

A woman is detained in St. Petersburg on February 2.

Detainees are taken away in Moscow.