Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Russia’s Bashkortostan region on Wednesday 17 January, in a rare display of public outrage after a court convicted a local activist and sentenced him to prison.
Footage showed supporters of Fail Alsynov clashing with police – some throwing snowballs in -20C temperatures – near the court.
Alsynov was jailed for inciting ethnic hatred, which he denies.
He has been sentenced to four years in a penal colony.
The trial and protests took place in Baymak, southern Russia, near the border with Kazakhstan.
