Thousands on the streets, and throughout the country, even in the roccheforti of Vladimir Putin; dozens of police stops; the most feared opponent of the head of the Kremlin taken away by the agents: the Russian winter saw the birth of the first real widespread opposition network to the government this Sunday. Over 180 stops, in several cities of Russia, the budget of the day of demonstrations called by Aleksei Navalny, to ask for democratic elections on the eve of the presidential elections of 18 March, which had not been admitted.
The Russian police arrested opposition leader Alexey Navalny during a demonstration he proclaimed against the March 18 presidential elections, called a "farce". "I was arrested.
Nothing changes. Come to Tverskaya ", he tweeted by meeting in one of Moscow's main thoroughfares and today the police raided an electric saw at Navalny headquarters and arrested some supporters, Navalny, the main opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, can not to stand as declared uneligible for the criminal conviction against him.
The police said that the reason for the arrest is the "violation of the law on the organization of demonstrations and rallies". The municipality of the Russian capital had not accepted the request to keep the march in the center, on Tverskaya Street, and had proposed some peripheral areas as an alternative.
Even if the number of those who decided to take to the streets, challenging the prohibition of the authorities, as happened in Moscow and St. Petersburg is in the order of some thousands of people what stands out and is significant is the geographical extension of the protest .