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2021: Russia's Year in Videos

Russia had a long and eventful year in 2021.

From the jailing of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and the ongoing pandemic to record wildfires in Siberia and the intensifying impacts of climate change, there was no shortage of major headlines.

Revisit some of the year's biggest events in this video.

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