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RUSSIA: The Russian opponent Alexei Navalny arrested after a campaign rally

 

The opponent Russian Alexei Navalny was arrested Sunday by police in Moscow after a campaign rally for the municipal elections of September 8, noted AFP journalists.

The candidate for the election of the mayor of Moscow was taken to a police car at the end of his speech. He did not resist when police came looking for him when he descended from the stage.

A member of his campaign team told AFP that no reasons had been given by the police for this inquiry.

Mr. Navalny had to speak for about an hour before an audience of several thousand people.

The spokesman of the opponent Anna Veduta said on Twitter that "5,000 to 7,000 people" were present at the meeting in an area north-east of Moscow.

During the meeting, the young men in civilian clothes tried to cut the cables of the scene, according to AFP reporters.

Become number one opponent to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 2011-2012 events, Alexei Navalny has multiplied initiatives and actively campaigned in recent weeks in Moscow to win the mayor.

According to a survey of the institute pro-power VTsIOM published in mid-August, Mr. Navalny come second with 13% of the vote after the vote, against about 67% for Mr. Sobyanin.

According to another survey, the institute Comcon, also published in mid-August, Mr. Navalny get 19.9% ​​of the vote against 63.5% for Mr. Sobyanin.

Thursday, the electoral commission in Moscow had threatened to invalidate the candidate's candidacy because of alleged violations in his campaign. The next day, she was finally allowed to continue his campaign, not giving him a "warning".

Alexei Navalny was sentenced July 18 to five years in prison for embezzlement of public forestry, made a case that considers all incl parts and such.

However, he was released the next day until the hearing of his appeal, the date has not been announced so far.

AFP