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| Aleksei Navalny Is Again Arrested in Russia Over Plans for Protest | Aleksei Navalny Is Again Arrested in Russia Over Plans for Protest |
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| MOSCOW — The Russian police detained the opposition politician Aleksei A. Navalny on Wednesday as he left his home in Moscow, he said on social media, three days before he planned to lead an opposition protest in the capital. | MOSCOW — The Russian police detained the opposition politician Aleksei A. Navalny on Wednesday as he left his home in Moscow, he said on social media, three days before he planned to lead an opposition protest in the capital. |
| Kira Yarmysh, a spokeswoman for Mr. Navalny, said the police had detained Mr. Navalny for calling on protesters to stage an unauthorized opposition rally this weekend, an offense that carries a penalty of up to 30 days in jail. | Kira Yarmysh, a spokeswoman for Mr. Navalny, said the police had detained Mr. Navalny for calling on protesters to stage an unauthorized opposition rally this weekend, an offense that carries a penalty of up to 30 days in jail. |
| “I left home for a jog and to buy my wife flowers for her birthday,” Mr. Navalny, a high-profile critic of the Kremlin, said in a video message on Instagram. “There was a small bus of riot police near my stairwell and I was detained.” | “I left home for a jog and to buy my wife flowers for her birthday,” Mr. Navalny, a high-profile critic of the Kremlin, said in a video message on Instagram. “There was a small bus of riot police near my stairwell and I was detained.” |
| Mr. Navalny’s detention came shortly after a protest on Saturday against the exclusion of most opposition-minded candidates from an election for the Moscow legislature in September. | Mr. Navalny’s detention came shortly after a protest on Saturday against the exclusion of most opposition-minded candidates from an election for the Moscow legislature in September. |
| Election officials barred the candidates, saying they had failed to garner enough genuine signatures from voters to qualify to run. The candidates rejected the allegation as false. | Election officials barred the candidates, saying they had failed to garner enough genuine signatures from voters to qualify to run. The candidates rejected the allegation as false. |
| The candidates have said they were excluded because they were trying to challenge control over the legislature, which is controlled by allies of President Vladimir V. Putin. Mr. Navalny’s supporters are among those barred from running. | The candidates have said they were excluded because they were trying to challenge control over the legislature, which is controlled by allies of President Vladimir V. Putin. Mr. Navalny’s supporters are among those barred from running. |
| Speaking at the protest, Mr. Navalny gave election officials a week to register the excluded candidates and urged protesters to hold an unauthorized demonstration outside Moscow City Hall on Saturday if they failed to do so. | Speaking at the protest, Mr. Navalny gave election officials a week to register the excluded candidates and urged protesters to hold an unauthorized demonstration outside Moscow City Hall on Saturday if they failed to do so. |
| Mr. Navalny has been arrested on several occasions, and he was barred from challenging Mr. Putin in the presidential elections held last year. | Mr. Navalny has been arrested on several occasions, and he was barred from challenging Mr. Putin in the presidential elections held last year. |