Protests in Russia over the elections, Navalny arrested

in #politics7 years ago (edited)

There was widespread protests in Russia for the boycott of the upcoming presidential election. Resistance head Alexey Navalny continues to be caught inside the occurrence. This incident happened in the country on Sunday. After the detention, Navalny called on protesters to come down the street.
According to BBC News, before police detained Navalny, police searched his office in Moscow. Police seized a number of materials in the office. Russia is scheduled to hold the presidential election on March 18. President Vladimir Putin will take part as a neutral candidate. However, Alexei Navalny can not participate in the election. He has been banned from the upcoming election by accusing him of corruption.
The photo of 41-year-old leader Navalny's Twitter page showed that Navalny was astonishingly confronted with police during the detention. Later, in a tweet message, he wrote, "I was arrested. If there are many people, then the detention of one person is meaningless. Come forward and take my place. "At that time, he invited the people to participate in the protest.

Protests took place on Sunday in several Russian cities. There was no ban on protesters in Moscow and St. Petersburg. More than 180 protesters have been arrested across the country, according to various media reports.
Police on Sunday searched the Navalny's anti-corruption organization A Navalny spokesman said the police broke the door and entered the office. At the time, it is said, entering into the investigation of the bomb explosion was going on.
For weeks, Navalny's supporters were protesting and campaigning across Russia. Navalini claims he can defeat Putin if he is neutral. Critics say that Navalny has been banned by alleging corruption to keep away from the elections.
The news agency AFP reported that hundreds of police around surrounded his residence before Navalini was arrested. Critics say, Navalny is the only person who can challenge Putin in the election. Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned earlier that the result would not be good if the procession was without permission. At that time, he also told to punish the protesters.
In 2011-2012, Alexei Navalny led the massive protests against Putin. Last year, he was arrested three times. Every time he was accused of supporting anti-Putin protests.

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