MOSCOW — Russian authorities have detained two opposition municipal lawmakers from Moscow and St. Petersburg, in a possible attempt to thwart them from running in September’s elections.
Alexei Navalny
RFE/RL: 2 Russian opposition lawmakers detained ahead of elections
A police officer uses his smartphone standing in a hallway of a business centre, which houses the office of opposition leader Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), in Moscow on Jan. 27, 2021.
