[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/31/europe/russia-navalny-protests-intl/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/31/europe/russia-navalny-protests-intl/index.html) According to OVD-Info, an independent site that monitors arrests, more than 3,800 people have been detained so far across Russia over the unsanctioned protests, including 1,080 in Moscow and 796 in St. Petersburg.

>"Thousands of people in Moscow and across Russia who took to the streets Sunday were met with the harshest show of force the country has seen in recent years."