Thousands PROTEST Russian election, Putin opposition leader ARRESTED

by SooperMexican

Thousands of people were protesting in the streets against the coming election where Vladimir Putin is certain to win because he’s banned opposition leader Alexei Navalny from appearing on the ballot.

Then he simply had Navalny arrested. Why not?

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been arrested in Moscow as protest demonstrations called by him took place across the country.

He has called on supporters to continue the demonstrations despite his arrest Sunday.

He says on Twitter “they have detained me. This doesn’t mean anything … you didn’t come out for me, but for your future.”

Protests ranging from a few dozen to several hundred people were reported throughout the country.

Navalny is calling for a boycott of the March 18 presidential election in which President Vladimir Putin is seeking a fourth term.

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Russian protesters shouting slogans including “Putin is a thief!” gathered briefly around the Russian government’s headquarters while marching through central Moscow.

The lengthy march Sunday by the mostly young group of several hundred protesters came after a large gathering at Pushkin Square dispersed. The rally was among protests nationwide in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s call to boycott the March 18 presidential election.

The marchers headed down Novy Arbat, one of Moscow’s widest and busiest avenues, to the riverside government building colloquially known as the Russian White House. They shouted slogans and some threw handfuls of snow through the high, spiked fence surrounding the building before moving on.

Rigged election? That’s just a normal day in Russia.

On the other hand, Putin really is terribly popular in Russia – thousands just doesn’t add up to a lot of opposition in that country.


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