Russia police launch mass raids against opposition activists
12 September 2019 - 22:46
Moscow — Russian investigators on Thursday raided dozens of regional offices of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after allies of President Vladimir Putin suffered losses in local elections in Moscow on Sunday.
Navalny, who had instructed supporters to vote strategically to push out pro-Kremlin candidates, said the raids were the result of Kremlin “hysteria”. Putin’s ruling United Russia party lost almost a third of its seats. ..
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