Putin foe Navalny 'detained' ahead of anti-corruption rally in Moscow

Alexei Navalny's wife posted the information on Twitter

Alexei Navalny
Russian anti-corruption campaigner and opposition figure Alexei Navalny attends a hearing at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, February 12, 2016. <b>(Photo: Reuters)<b>
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Last Updated : Jun 12 2017 | 6:26 PM IST
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was detained on Monday en route to a political protest in Moscow, his wife wrote on his Twitter account, posting a photo of him getting into a police car.

"Hello. This is Yulia Navalnaya... Alexei has been detained in the stairwell," she wrote about 40 minutes before an anti-corruption rally called by the Kremlin critic was set to start in the city centre.
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First Published: Jun 12 2017 | 6:26 PM IST

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