Support for Russian activist
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PHOTO: NYTIMES
People gathering in the Russian capital Moscow on Wednesday in support of jailed opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is on a hunger strike. President Vladimir Putin delivered an annual address on the same day replete with threats against the West but - despite intense tensions with Ukraine - stopped short of announcing new military or foreign policy moves.


