Moscow Police Raid, Interrogate Opposition Politicians Ahead of Election rally

[Rogue Valley]

Moscow Police Raid, Interrogate Opposition Politicians Ahead of Election rally

Opposition candidates have organized near-daily protests in central Moscow over the past week after being barred from participating in local elections next September.

7/25/19
Moscow police raided the homes of opposition candidates and carried out sweeping interrogations on Wednesday night, days before a planned protest calling for fair elections. Opposition candidates have organized near-daily protests in central Moscow over the past week after being barred from participating in local elections next September. Election officials say the candidates failed to garner enough signatures from voters to qualify. The candidates, in turn, have rejected the allegations and say they were barred from participating for their independent views. In the early hours of Thursday, police raided four of the Moscow City Duma opposition candidates’ homes and summoned several others to appear for questioning. Lyubov Sobol, one of the candidates who was barred from the ballot, said she refused to appear for questioning after receiving a call on Wednesday night from investigators. Anti-corruption activist Ivan Zhdanov was reportedly taken to a night interrogation at the Investigative Committee, where he refused to answer questions, invoking a constitutional right to not testify against oneself. Meanwhile, opposition politician Dmitry Gudkov said police seized several computers and flash drives during a raid of his apartment on Wednsday.

Hours before the raids, opposition politician Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 30 days for calling for an unauthorized rally this Saturday. Police also sentenced four other opposition activists to varying jail terms. Activists say the raids may be related to a new criminal case by Russia's Investigative Committee, which alleges that “members of one movement” pressured and “threatened violence” against election officials at unsanctioned rallies this month. A rally last Saturday calling for opposition candidates to be allowed on the ballot gathered 20,000 protesters in central Moscow.

12,000 in Moscow participated in protesting the Putin regime denying slots on the local election ballot to independent candidates. "Democracy Putin style".

This is the type of regime Trump and his supporters would love to implement in the United States.

Related: Kremlin Critic Navalny Jailed for 30 Days Before Opposition Protest

 

[Rogue Valley]

More arrests today.....

Over 300 Protesters Detained by Police at Opposition Rally in Moscow

Police confronting protesters in Moscow. July 27, 2019.

7/27/19
Russian police have detained dozens of protesters in central Moscow on Saturday at an opposition rally that had been declared illegal by the authorities. The police monitoring group OVD-Info said 317 people had been detained by 3:15 p.m. local time. Police earlier detained prominent members of the opposition ahead of the protest against what the opposition says is the unfair exclusion of a raft of opposition-minded candidates from a Sept. 8 local election in Moscow. Hundreds of riot police and National Guard members cordoned off the street in front of City Hall, where Saturday's protest was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Cafes and other small businesses along the nearby Tverskaya Ulitsa have been closed, reportedly after requests by police, as well as entrances into the Pushkinskaya metro station. The Dozhd television channel is streaming a live video of the events. Police have reportedly arrived at the offices of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, where staffers are also streaming a live video of the rally.

Democracy Putin style ... only candidates that I endorse can run for office. Now shoo before you get clubbed and arrested.

 

[Manc Skipper]

I see the opposition leader Navalny has developed a sudden allergy which has put him in hospital! Let's hope it's nothing radioactive!

Russian opposition leader Navalny hospitalized for allergic reaction - Reuters

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

The future of the Party of Trump, as evidenced by the voluminous posts here on DP that support that sort of authoritarianism.

 

[Bodi]

The future of the Party of Trump, as evidenced by the voluminous posts here on DP that support that sort of authoritarianism.

Leave stupid posts like this in the hundreds of Trump posts that already exist and let us, FOR THE ****ING LOVE OF GOD, just talk about something without resorting to... TRUMP!!! :roll:

 

[Bodi]

Moscow Police Raid, Interrogate Opposition Politicians Ahead of Election rally

Opposition candidates have organized near-daily protests in central Moscow over the past week after being barred from participating in local elections next September.

12,000 in Moscow participated in protesting the Putin regime denying slots on the local election ballot to independent candidates. "Democracy Putin style".

This is the type of regime Trump and his supporters would love to implement in the United States.

Related: Kremlin Critic Navalny Jailed for 30 Days Before Opposition Protest

It is going to take a LOT MORE arrests before anything good comes out of these anti-Putin rally's... unfortunately.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Leave stupid posts like this in the hundreds of Trump posts that already exist and let us, FOR THE ****ING LOVE OF GOD, just talk about something without resorting to... TRUMP!!! :roll:

It's Trump's best friend, doing what Trump dreams of doing here.
You're demanding that I ignore the obvious.
No dice.

 

[Bodi]

It's Trump's best friend, doing what Trump dreams of doing here.
You're demanding that I ignore the obvious.
No dice.

Guy - Let's talk about something in Europe...

You - But... BUT... TRUMP!!

Guy - C'mon... let's talk about Europe.

You - But TRUMP DREAMS of being a dictator!!

Me - :lol: You poor lad...