Posted on 02/23/2018 2:01:01 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny was briefly detained in Moscow on Thursday, ahead of the country's presidential election from which he has been banned.
Navalny, the best-known political opponent of President Vladimir Putin, reported his detention in a series of tweets and said authorities had begun legal proceedings against him for organizing anti-government protests.
It's not clear when he might face court, but he could be jailed for a maximum of 30 days and could possibly still be in prison for the March 18 election.
His chief of staff, Leonid Volkov, tweeted that he, too, had been detained.
The Kremlin appears to have made efforts to stifle the main opposition before the vote and Putin is expected to win by a landslide. Navalny is calling on Russians to boycott the election to strip Putin of his legitimacy.
He has been arrested many times, including in January, when he led the anti-Kremlin rallies, in which he called for the boycott.
In 2014, Putin signed into law tough restrictions on protests and public gatherings.
Navalny has risen to prominence in recent years by posting investigative stories online about the alleged corrupt practices of Russia's elite.
Authorities recently shut down his website as well as several social media accounts.
The Kremlin rejects allegations of widespread high-level corruption...
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Interesting, sounds like some of the people on the left that support the Mueller investigation!
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http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-russia-profiles-of-youth-20180223-htmlstory.html
Russian journalists dig up employment records showing that the ‘Wagner’ PMC employs 3,602 people
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Trump Blasts Russia, Iran, Syria For ‘Humanitarian Disgrace’ Ahead Of UN Vote
https://www.rferl.org/a/us-says-russia-has-unique-responsibility-for-killing-syrias-eastern-ghouta-reign-in-assad/29058192.html
Maximum of 30 days?
That is tragic that he is even being jailed but compared to what he’d face here for similar charges,that is nothing.
He spent every third day of 2017 in jail or something.
Sounds like Trump and the Hillary supporters. Maybe Navalny should claim Putin was colluding with the Americans. Check your Russian Facebook for American troll ads.
Indeed - the Left would have liked to do the exact same to Trump
The Russian oppostion is pathetic and ineffectual. They spend more time attacking each other than Putin.
The state rarely has to lift a finger against them.
In russian jail. Not American jail.
That sounds a lot more serious.
I have my quips about his political/economic platform - but I have to hand it to him for his guts and stamina. When Navalny wasn’t in jail he was flying ALL across the entire 9,000 mile expanse of Russia arriving to ice and subzero temperatures in the most remote regions to speak to and give people a chance to air their grievances with Moscow.
Russia has the chance to elect a Yale man to lead them? Gosh, they could have their very own GHW Bush, W Bush or Bill Clinton!
They are probably dodging a huge bullet.
Win in a Kim Jong-Un styled landslide.
Putin knows how to run elections. Putin versus Gulag number 68427. Hey, maybe Putin can advise us how to get Soroz HilLIARy pelousy into prison, at long last? /s
Considering Navalny himself is a poorly conceived western puppet, my guess is any American trolls would be working on his behalf.
Notice how they keep calling Navalny an opposition leader when he's never polled higher than a couple of percent.
“” “” When Navalny wasn’t in jail he was flying ALL across the entire 9,000 mile expanse of Russia arriving to ice and subzero temperatures in the most remote regions to speak to and give people a chance to air their grievances with Moscow.”” “”
That’s not cheap. Who do you think he colludes with?
To be frank: I have wondered that myself. But I think there are several rich Russians who are not in Putin’s corner.
Sobchak is more open about her funding.
“” “” To be frank: I have wondered that myself. But I think there are several rich Russians who are not in Putin’s corner.”” “”
Here is a hint:
A Ton of Cash ($123 MILLIONS) Confiscated at Home of Russian Anti-Corruption Senior Official
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TAtWPiV-ynQ
The irony is dripping from this one. Two ‘anti-corruption’ figures: one formal and one informal are there to clean Russia of Putin who ‘stolen billions’.
“” “” Sobchak is more open about her funding.”” “”
I still remember her and her Commie boyfriend caught with $1500000 in cash splitted between thousands of envelops during Occupy Moscow event.
They then claimed its their money and they cashed up to buy a house on Rublyovka and a new Bentley (because the ‘old one’ got ashtray full probably).
For some reason authorities chosen to believe them.
You said you have questions to Navalny’s platform so why are you shilling for him. I have ‘questions’ to put in mildly too because he is campaigning based on a National Bolshevik platform.
Do you realize FR is a conservative resource and not a tribune for far-left propaganda?
Putin’s Russia is no “Free Republic.”
Are you suggesting Bernie Sanders be jailed the day of an election?
If Putin were so secure of himself he’d let a Russian Bernie run.
“” “” Are you suggesting Bernie Sanders be jailed the day of an election?
If Putin were so secure of himself he’d let a Russian Bernie run.”” “”
I didn’t see Bernie inciting violent riots and doing other stuff worthy of jail term at the time. Although him being bribed for silence over Hitlery’s corruption worth a fair trial now.
“” “” If Putin were so secure of himself he’d let a Russian Bernie run.”” “”
Russia has Constitution and laws. These forbids convicted felons from running for high office. Do you suggest it should be ignored for a person scoring 2% in polls? You are funny. I thought you are for a rule of law.
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