Russin opposition leader Alexei Navalny is detained by police after calling for protests across Russia ahead of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fourth Kremlin term © AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEVMoscow, Russian Federation, May 6 – Foreign governments and rights activists on Sunday expressed outrage over mass arrests in Russia and the brutality with which protests were broken up on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration.
The European Union slammed “police brutality and mass arrests” after nearly 1,600 protesters including opposition leader Alexei Navalny were on Saturday detained in 27 Russian cities during nationwide rallies ahead of Putin’s swearing-in ceremony for a …read more
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