Following the conviction of Fail Alsynov, a local eco-activist, some 2,000 people have once again taken to the streets in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, according to media reports. The police in the regional capital of Ufa cracked down on Friday and arrested several people, according to reports by the civil rights organization OVD-Info. Initially, videos of men and women peacefully singing and holding hands were shared on social media, followed by images of people in prisoner transporters. “There is no mass unrest or mass protests there,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. More than…