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| Apparent Anti-Navalny protestor pulled down from Moscow lamppost during rally for holding sign objecting to activist (VIDEO) | Apparent Anti-Navalny protestor pulled down from Moscow lamppost during rally for holding sign objecting to activist (VIDEO) |
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| A man at Saturday’s protests in Moscow was violently pulled off a lamppost after he seemingly held up a placard in opposition to anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny. | A man at Saturday’s protests in Moscow was violently pulled off a lamppost after he seemingly held up a placard in opposition to anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny. |
| A video, shared widely on social media, shows four men climb up the lamppost to get the supposed anti-Navalny demonstrator down. | A video, shared widely on social media, shows four men climb up the lamppost to get the supposed anti-Navalny demonstrator down. |
| In the clip, one man punches the protester, while another holds onto his leg, eventually dragging him down. The crowd responds with cheers. | In the clip, one man punches the protester, while another holds onto his leg, eventually dragging him down. The crowd responds with cheers. |
| The protest, taking place in Moscow’s Pushkinskaya Square, was planned by supporters of Navalny after he was sentenced to 30 days in pre-trial detention on Monday. | The protest, taking place in Moscow’s Pushkinskaya Square, was planned by supporters of Navalny after he was sentenced to 30 days in pre-trial detention on Monday. |
| The Moscow government refused to authorize the march, citing regulations to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but preliminary numbers from observers suggest that tens-of-thousands of people attended anyway. | The Moscow government refused to authorize the march, citing regulations to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but preliminary numbers from observers suggest that tens-of-thousands of people attended anyway. |
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