The liberal-leaning Echo of Moscow radio station reported on Saturday that Navalnaya had been detained on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street in the capital’s Central Administrative District. Video circulated by eyewitnesses purports to show her being loaded into a police truck. Posting on Instagram shortly afterwards, the opposition figure’s wife apologized to …
Read More »Widespread arrests & dozens of police injured in pro-Navalny protests in Russia as organizers say MORE TO COME next weekend
Dramatic footage of authorities clashing with demonstrators in the capital has been shared widely online as Russia’s statutory jail watchdog put the number of arrests in Moscow at above 600. Riot police worked through the afternoon to disperse crowds from Pushkin Square, in the center of the city, as protesters …
Read More »Apparent Anti-Navalny protestor pulled down from Moscow lamppost during rally for holding sign objecting to activist (VIDEO)
A video, shared widely on social media, shows four men climb up the lamppost to get the supposed anti-Navalny demonstrator down. In the clip, one man punches the protester, while another holds onto his leg, eventually dragging him down. The crowd responds with cheers. The protest, taking place in Moscow’s Pushkinskaya …
Read More »WATCH man knocking police officer to the ground amid Navalny protests in St. Petersburg
An officer in a bright yellow vest that is typically worn by traffic police was filmed in the middle of what appears to be an argument with a man who was walking down the road. The man suddenly delivers a powerful punch, knocking the officer to the ground. As the …
Read More »Moscow police detain Navalny supporters staging unsanctioned rally to demand release of jailed opposition figure
Hundreds of people have gathered to rally in Moscow’s Pushkin Square, in defiance of warnings that the demonstration was not authorized and would be dispersed. Police officers have started to detain participants, placing them in buses on Tverskaya Street, a major central thoroughfare. Reports suggest around 40 have already been …
Read More »Kremlin rejects Navalny allegation that Putin has secret Black Sea palace complete with casino, theater & private striptease bar
Responding to claims that a luxury pile in the resort town of Gelendzhik belonged to the president, Peskov said that “in reality, this is not true.” He added that the Kremlin had not reviewed a new tranche of allegations around Putin’s supposed personal wealth, but that he was able to …
Read More »Navalny case being used by Western leaders as tool to distract from their own crises at home – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov used a press conference on Monday to address reactions from foreign governments to the news that Navalny had been taken into custody after flying back to Moscow over the weekend. “We are already seeing how the news of Navalny’s return to Russia is being covered, you …
Read More »Alexey Navalny remanded in custody for 30 days after unexpected hearing in police station one day after arriving back in Russia
The decision means that he will be detained for 30 days awaiting trial. Navalny is accused of breaking the terms of his probation, following a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence he recieved in 2014. That conviction relates to a fraud case involving the French cosmetics brand Yves Rocher. The hearing was …
Read More »Associates of returning opposition figure Navalny among several detained at Moscow airport Vnukovo on Sunday
Lyubov Sobol and Ruslan Shaveddinov from Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) were detained at one of the cafes inside the airport, on Sunday, along with activist Konstantin Kotov. The reason for their arrests currently remains undisclosed. According to various media reports, around a dozen of Navalny’s supporters have so far been …
Read More »Russia’s FM spokeswoman urges US & other countries decrying Navalny’s detention ‘not to interfere’ with Russian law
In a Facebook post on Sunday evening, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to US President-elect Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan who demanded Moscow “immediately releases” Navalny who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after returning from Germany earlier that day. Apart from calling Navalny to be …
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