Ilya Yashin (Sergei Savostyanov / TASS)
12-28-17 Police in Moscow have detained opposition politician Ilya Yashin less than a week after he held an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital.
Yashin, a Moscow municipal deputy, held a "meeting with voters" on Sunday after a court struck down his permit request for a "Day of Free Elections." The event was organized to educate voters about their rights and coincided with the sixth anniversary of one of the largest anti-government protests in Russian history on Dec. 24, 2011. ...
Reports say that police seized Yashin's phone, keys and documents and that he would remain in custody until an unspecified court date.
Police visited the opposition politician at his home before Sunday's event, but eventually allowed 300 people to gather to hear him speak, Yashin said at the time. https://themoscowtimes.com/news/moscow-police-detain-opposition-politician-ilya-yashin-60079
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