He might even find political supporters that would help with donations for campaign flyers and ads. It would be fun. I think he would be received well here.
March 6, 2015
By VOA News
Russian opposition (click here) leader Alexei Navalny was released from prison Friday, after serving a 15-day sentence for handing out leaflets in the Moscow subway advertising an opposition rally.
Speaking to supporters, Navalny said the murder of fellow opposition leader Boris Nemtsov would not force him to back off from his campaign against President Vladimir Putin’s government.
“I would like to say that our activity will not change in any way. We will not lessen our efforts, we will not change anything, and in this sense, the act of terror that took place will not achieve its aims. I am sure that it will not frighten anyone. It has not frightened me and it has not frightened my comrades,” he said.
Navalny also said that he would pay a visit to the cemetery where Nemtsov was buried after being gunned down last week just outside the Kremlin....
I can't help believe the latest actions against opposition leaders in Russia is due to the fact President Putin is coming up on the end of his third term and the campaigns for new leadership is beginning.
Alexei Navalny, right, and the late Boris Nemtsov at a protest rally in Moscow.
Photograph: Misha Japaridze/AP
January 16, 2015
By AP
The Russian anti-corruption (click here) campaigner Alexei Navalny was taken in for questioning on Friday, escorted by a dozen police officers who he said had intercepted him outside his Moscow apartment building.
Navalny, a vehement foe of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, was convicted in late December of fraud and given a three-year suspended sentence. The court said that until his appeals were exhausted he must remain under house arrest.
He has been allowed to leave his home in recent days, but has been followed by law enforcement officers posted outside his door.
Navalny posted on Twitter that he was met on Friday morning by 12 police officers and taken to the federal investigative committee, which had summoned him for questioning about his anti-corruption activities....
March 6, 2015By VOA News
Russian opposition (click here) leader Alexei Navalny was released from prison Friday, after serving a 15-day sentence for handing out leaflets in the Moscow subway advertising an opposition rally.
Speaking to supporters, Navalny said the murder of fellow opposition leader Boris Nemtsov would not force him to back off from his campaign against President Vladimir Putin’s government.
“I would like to say that our activity will not change in any way. We will not lessen our efforts, we will not change anything, and in this sense, the act of terror that took place will not achieve its aims. I am sure that it will not frighten anyone. It has not frightened me and it has not frightened my comrades,” he said.
Navalny also said that he would pay a visit to the cemetery where Nemtsov was buried after being gunned down last week just outside the Kremlin....
I can't help believe the latest actions against opposition leaders in Russia is due to the fact President Putin is coming up on the end of his third term and the campaigns for new leadership is beginning.
Alexei Navalny, right, and the late Boris Nemtsov at a protest rally in Moscow.
Photograph: Misha Japaridze/APJanuary 16, 2015
By AP
The Russian anti-corruption (click here) campaigner Alexei Navalny was taken in for questioning on Friday, escorted by a dozen police officers who he said had intercepted him outside his Moscow apartment building.
Navalny, a vehement foe of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, was convicted in late December of fraud and given a three-year suspended sentence. The court said that until his appeals were exhausted he must remain under house arrest.
He has been allowed to leave his home in recent days, but has been followed by law enforcement officers posted outside his door.
Navalny posted on Twitter that he was met on Friday morning by 12 police officers and taken to the federal investigative committee, which had summoned him for questioning about his anti-corruption activities....
