Russian Opposition Leader Arrested Hours Before Latest Rally
- Navalny says Kremlin ‘afraid,’ urges backers to attend protest
- Putin critic stages pre-election meetings in Russian cities
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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny called on his supporters to attend a rally in the Volga city of Nizhny Novgorod after police detained him in Moscow as he prepared to travel to the event.
“I can’t come to today’s meeting because the Kremlin is really afraid of this event we’re planning,” Navalny said Friday in a video message posted on his Twitter account. “Let them be afraid, but I call on you to turn up anyway.”