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Amid Russia’s new crackdowns, small signs of defiance emerge

FILE - Municipal workers paint over Russia's imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 28, 2021. The worlds on the wall reading "Hero of our time". (AP Photo, File) FILE - Opposition leader Alexey Navalny, speaks with riot police officers blocking the way during a protest rally against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 25, 2012. The poster reads: 'We will not be frighten". (AP Photo, File) FILE - Police detain a demonstrator with a poster which reads "The war with Ukraine is a shame and a crime" during a protest in Omsk, Russia, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Antiwar demonstrators shout slogans in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 29, 2021. (AP Photo, File) FILE - A detained demonstrator shows a sign 'No War!' from a police bus in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo, File) FILE - People attend a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this file photo made from video provided by the Moscow City Court on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes a heart gesture standing in a cage during a hearing in Moscow, Russia. (Moscow City Court via AP, File) FILE - A poster with writing reading "No War" hangs over Nevsky prospect, the central avenue of St. Petersburg, Russia, March. 1, 2022. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Police officers detain a demonstrator holding a sign reading 'No war!' during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo, File) FILE - A worker paints over graffiti saying 'Yes to Peace!' on a wall of an apartment building in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
Amid Russia’s new crackdowns, small signs of defiance emerge