Markus Schreiber

BERLIN (AP) — Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin Sunday, criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine and calling for democracy in Russia.

People walk through a Christmas light trail during a lighting test of the Christmas Garden in the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

People walk through a Christmas light trail during a lighting test of the Christmas Garden in the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yulia Navalnaya, center, with Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, left, lead a demonstration under the slogan "Stop Putin! Stop the War! Freedom for Political Prisoners!" in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov.

Red shoes placed on the ground as a symbol against the violence on women, during a rally marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Berlin,

People visits the LGBTQ+ Christmas market "Christmas Avenue" under the tracks of the city train U-Bahn at Nollendorfplatz in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.

Two coffins lie on a traditional mat during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians' ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.

One of the newly born twin panda bear cubs, named Meng Hao and Meng Tian or Leni and Lotti, looks out of the enclosure, during the official presentation of their

FILE - In this May 23, 2012 file picture Paul Watson, founder and President of the animal rights and environmental group Sea Shepherd Conservation takes part in a demonstration against the Costa Rican government near Germany's Presidential residence during a visit of Costa Rica's president Laura Chinchilla in Berlin, Germany.