Russian opposition leader nabbed for protest rally

 Russian opposition leader nabbed for protest rally
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Summary Russian police on Saturday arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny at an rally in Moscow.

 

MOSCOW - Russian police on Saturday arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny along with other anti-Vladimir Putin figures at an unsanctioned opposition rally in Moscow.

 

"This is the traditional and not very original tweet from the police detention van," Navalny wrote on Twitter. "It s raving mad. They snatched me out from the crowd." His spokeswoman Anna Veduta also confirmed his arrest.

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