{"id":12730,"date":"2018-08-25T17:24:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T17:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=12730"},"modified":"2018-08-25T17:24:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T17:24:10","slug":"kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-detained-outside-moscow-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=12730","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained outside Moscow home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny<\/a> has been detained outside his home in Moscow, according to his spokesperson who linked the arrest to plans to hold anti-government demonstrations next month.<\/p>\n

“He is now in the Danilovsky police station. They did not say why he is being detained. They took his phone away,” Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In an interview to radio station Ekho Moskvy, Yarmysh said it is “probably linked” to Navalny’s call for protests against the Russian government’s unpopular pension reform on September 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a blog post published earlier on Saturday, Navalny said the demonstrations would take place in the capital and “in almost a hundred other cities”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The opposition politician has criticised the planned pension age increase, a first in nearly 90 years, that has led to a rare outburst of public anger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nNavalny was barred from taking part in Russia’s March presidential election\u00a0<\/span>[File: AP]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

More than 2.8 million Russians have signed a petition against the reform backed by President Vladimir Putin<\/a>‘s ruling party. <\/p>\n

Navalny, who was barred from taking part in Russia<\/a>‘s March presidential election, served a month in prison in June after organising demonstrations before Putin’s fourth inauguration in May. <\/p>\n

He was freed from prison the same day the World Cup<\/a> started in Russia. <\/p>\n

The 42-year-old anti-corruption activist has faced a string of charges since becoming leading opposition figure campaigning against Putin’s rule at mass demonstrations in 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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