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Russians have taken to the streets from Kamchatka to Kaliningrad for the first time in years, braving freezing temperatures and lines of police with truncheons and body armor. Here are five things you should know about the nationwide protests sparked by the jailing of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny — and the steps the government is taking to suppress them.