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Kremlin cracking down on dissent before vote

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who spent a decade in prison in Russia on charges widely seen as political revenge for challenging President Vladimir Putin’s rule, said the latest moves against opposition activists reflected the authorities’ concern about the waning popularity of the main Kremlin-directed party, United Russia.

AP Interview: Kremlin cracking down on dissent before vote

AP Interview: Kremlin cracking down on dissent before vote HARRIET MORRIS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press June 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11FILE - In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018 file photo, Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former owner of the Yukos Oil Company, poses for a photograph after being interviewed by The Associated Press in London. Russian authorities are ramping up their pressure on dissent ahead of the country s parliamentary election, arresting opposition Andrei Pivovarov, the head of the Open Russia movement that dissolved itself last week and raiding several others homes. Open Russia was financed by tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who moved to London after spending 10 years in prison in Russia on charges widely seen as political revenge for challenging President Vladimir Putin s rule.Matt Dunham/APShow MoreShow Less

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