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Russian police search office of Kremlin critic's foundation
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Thu Apr 27, 2017 | 2:05pm EDT
Russian police search office of Kremlin critic's foundation
Russian police on Thursday searched the Moscow offices of a pro-democracy movement founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky which is calling for big anti-government protests on Saturday, activists said.
Photographs posted on social media showed riot police outside the Moscow offices of the Open Russia Foundation. Maria Baronova, an activist, said on social media that police had confiscated 100,000 flyers promoting Saturday's protests.
Protest organizers want to use the event to put pressure on Vladimir Putin, who is expected to run for what would be a fourth presidential term next year, to leave politics.
"These (police) actions are aimed at cancelling Saturday's protests," a foundation source told Reuters. The police could not be immediately reached for comment.
The searches came a day after the office of the General Prosecutor said it had decided that the activity of the foundation's British arm was "undesirable.
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Russian police search office of Kremlin critic's foundation
Russian police on Thursday searched the Moscow offices of a pro-democracy movement founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky which is calling for big anti-government protests on Saturday, activists said.
Photographs posted on social media showed riot police outside the Moscow offices of the Open Russia Foundation. Maria Baronova, an activist, said on social media that police had confiscated 100,000 flyers promoting Saturday's protests.
Protest organizers want to use the event to put pressure on Vladimir Putin, who is expected to run for what would be a fourth presidential term next year, to leave politics.
"These (police) actions are aimed at cancelling Saturday's protests," a foundation source told Reuters. The police could not be immediately reached for comment.
The searches came a day after the office of the General Prosecutor said it had decided that the activity of the foundation's British arm was "undesirable.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-protests-searches-idUSKBN17T2RC
