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Editor’s note: The number of detained in Saint Petersburg and Moscow has been updated based on the latest information. Multiple people have been reportedly detained in Russia as the police moved to disrupt events across the country honoring opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier on Feb. 16. In Saint Petersburg, the Russian police detained around 20 people who were paying tribute to Navalny at a memorial to victims of political repressions at the Vozkresenskaya embankment, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported. The city’s residents walked several hours to the memorial to lay flow…

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