Putin foe Navalny 'detained' ahead of anti-corruption rally in Moscow
Alexei Navalny's wife posted the information on Twitter
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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>
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.
"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