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Russian police raid Alexi Navalny's office on day of anti-Putin rallies

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Opposition leader has called on Russians to protest against ‘these thieves, bigots and perverts in power’ and boycott upcoming presidential election

Russian police forced their way into the Moscow office of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday and started questioning people, images broadcast online by his supporters showed.

The move came as hundreds of supporters of Navalny began a nationwide day of protests against the authorities, calling on voters to boycott what they say is a rigged presidential election scheduled for 18 March. Navalny had urged nationwide unsanctioned rallies to protest against “pseudo-elections”.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2Eh36tq

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