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| The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained immediately on his release from prison after serving a 30-day sentence for an unauthorised protest. | The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained immediately on his release from prison after serving a 30-day sentence for an unauthorised protest. |
| “Alexei Navalny was detained outside the detention centre,” his spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, wrote on Twitter, adding that the politician was taken to a central Moscow police station. | “Alexei Navalny was detained outside the detention centre,” his spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, wrote on Twitter, adding that the politician was taken to a central Moscow police station. |
| Yarmysh said Navalny was accused of violating a different protest law and faces up to 20 days in prison. He was due to appear in court later on Monday, she said. | Yarmysh said Navalny was accused of violating a different protest law and faces up to 20 days in prison. He was due to appear in court later on Monday, she said. |
| Navalny was in jail for a month for a protest he organised on 28 January that violated Russia’s strict laws, which forbid any public event without city hall’s authorisation. | Navalny was in jail for a month for a protest he organised on 28 January that violated Russia’s strict laws, which forbid any public event without city hall’s authorisation. |
| He accused authorities of sending him to prison to keep him from holding a protest on 9 September against the government’s plan to raise the retirement age that coincided with local elections. | |
| Thousands of Russians across the country turned up to the protest and police arrested 150 people nationwide. | Thousands of Russians across the country turned up to the protest and police arrested 150 people nationwide. |
| The opposition politician has criticised the pension reform, which has led to a rare outburst of public anger in Russia and a dip in President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings. | The opposition politician has criticised the pension reform, which has led to a rare outburst of public anger in Russia and a dip in President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings. |
| Navalny has organised some of the biggest protests in Russia in recent years. His anti-corruption rhetoric is especially popular among younger people who follow his online channels and blogs. | Navalny has organised some of the biggest protests in Russia in recent years. His anti-corruption rhetoric is especially popular among younger people who follow his online channels and blogs. |
| He was barred from taking part in Russia’s presidential election in March and served a month in prison in June after organising demonstrations in the run-up to Putin’s fourth inauguration in May. He was freed from prison the same day the World Cup started in Russia. | He was barred from taking part in Russia’s presidential election in March and served a month in prison in June after organising demonstrations in the run-up to Putin’s fourth inauguration in May. He was freed from prison the same day the World Cup started in Russia. |
| The Yale-educated lawyer has faced a string of charges since he became the leading opposition figure in Russia, campaigning against Putin’s rule at mass demonstrations in 2011 and 2012. | The Yale-educated lawyer has faced a string of charges since he became the leading opposition figure in Russia, campaigning against Putin’s rule at mass demonstrations in 2011 and 2012. |
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