Russian police detain 200 opposition politicians ahead of polls
Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 March 2021 Russian police on Saturday arrested around 200 opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a Moscow conference as authorities tighten the screws on Kremlin critics ahead of parliamentary elections. A police raid on an opposition conference dedicated to running for municipal office came after President Vladimir Putin’s top critic Alexei Navalny was jailed for two and a half years last month and more than 10,000 protesters detained across the country. While Russian police routinely break up opposition protests, the mass arrests of municip...