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Navalny Urges Russians To ‘Take To The Streets’

  Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday urged Russians to stage mass anti-government protests during a court hearing after his arrest on arrival in Moscow … Continue reading Navalny Urges Russians To ‘Take To The Streets’


In this file photo taken on July 20, 2019 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny addresses demonstrators during a rally to support opposition and independent candidates after authorities refused to register them for September elections to the Moscow City Duma, Moscow. Alexei Navalny said he was arrested on July 24, 2019, in an apparent move by the authorities to prevent a major protest rally this week. Maxim ZMEYEV / AFP

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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday urged Russians to stage mass anti-government protests during a court hearing after his arrest on arrival in Moscow from Germany.

“Do not be silent. Resist. Take to the streets,” the 44-year-old anti-corruption campaigner said in a video posted on YouTube from the police station where the hearing was convened following his arrest in a Moscow airport Sunday.

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