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Russian police detain dozens of opposition deputies at forum
Russian police on March 13 arrested around 200 opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a Moscow conference as authorities tighten the...
A police raid on an opposition conference dedicated to running for municipal office came after President Vladimir Putin’s top critic Alexei Navalny was jailed for two and a half years last…
- MOSCOW-Agence France-Presse
- Hurriyet
While Russian police routinely break up opposition protests, the mass arrests of municipal deputies at a conference in Moscow were unprecedented.
Participants from more than 50 of Russia’s regions had gathered to discuss parliamentary and local elections in September at a…