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| Opposition supporters rally across Russia, Navalny detained at unsanctioned protest in Moscow | Opposition supporters rally across Russia, Navalny detained at unsanctioned protest in Moscow |
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| Supporters of opposition figure Aleksei Navalny gathered for rallies across Russia on Saturday. The activist was detained at the unauthorized rally in Moscow, police confirmed. | Supporters of opposition figure Aleksei Navalny gathered for rallies across Russia on Saturday. The activist was detained at the unauthorized rally in Moscow, police confirmed. |
| Some 1,500 people gathered for the unsanctioned protest in the center of Moscow, police said in a statement. | Some 1,500 people gathered for the unsanctioned protest in the center of Moscow, police said in a statement. |
| Navalny, who was banned from participating in the March presidential elections due to a five-year suspended sentence, called on Russians to hold a day of rallies across the country on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration, scheduled for May 7. | Navalny, who was banned from participating in the March presidential elections due to a five-year suspended sentence, called on Russians to hold a day of rallies across the country on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration, scheduled for May 7. |
| The activist himself was detained at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday for violating rules on organizing public demonstrations, police confirmed. | The activist himself was detained at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday for violating rules on organizing public demonstrations, police confirmed. |
| Earlier, the prosecutor’s office in Moscow said that it had offered the event’s organizers several venues for the rally, but all options were rejected. The office then warned the protesters that other venues where they were planning to march were unauthorized. | |
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