Alexey Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Detained Before an Opposition Rally

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Alexey Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Detained Before an Opposition Rally
Demonstrations were held across the country.

Alexey Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who has emerged as a rare and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was detained Monday in Moscow ahead of an unauthorized demonstration he was supposed to lead.

News of his detention was posted on Twitter by his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, who said plans for protests “haven’t changed.”  A subsequent tweet posted by her on Navalny’s account appeared to show police cars in their apartment building:

Continued: https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/06/russia-navalny-detained/529950/