5,000 and counting

Photographs from the January 31 protests, where Russian law enforcement broke records for nationwide arrests

On Sunday, January 31, protesters across Russia took to the streets for the second weekend in a row to oppose the detention of opposition figure Alexey Navalny. The police response, which was harsh on January 23, was even more severe than last time — as evidenced by numerous testimonies (and videos) of officers using tasers against demonstrators. In total, more than 5,000 people were arrested countrywide, shattering last weekend’s record for the most detentions Russia has ever seen in a single day. Here’s a look at the events of January 31, in photos.

Moscow

St. Petersburg

Nizhny Novgorod

Yekaterinburg

Krasnodar

Volgograd

Tomsk

Omsk

Kemerovo

Perm

Kazan

Novosibirsk

Yakutsk

Khabarovsk

Krasnoyarsk

Vladivostok