Supporters of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny staged nationwide protests to coincide with President Vladimir Putin’s 65th birthday, with police making scores of arrests
Turkic ethnic minority comprising roughly 12 percent of peninsula’s population alarmed by Russian incursion, concerned about own future
Recordings part of concerted Kremlin effort to discredit, divide opponents, critics say
Younger voters want to see Vladimir Putin go but their elders fear Russia will descend into chaos without him
