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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained in Moscow over his participation in an anti-government protest earlier this year, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter on Saturday.Navalny was detained outside his Moscow apartment on Saturday afternoon for a reason that was initially unclear.But after he spent a few hours at a police station, Yarmysh said Navalny had been detained over a brief appearance at a rally in Moscow in January that called for a boycott of the presidential election in March that he said would be rigged.Navalny was not charged but his lawyer said at the time he would have to face court at a later date.He had been planning protests on Sept. 9 against the Russian government's unpopular plans to raise the pension age.
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A prison in Yaroslavl has become the focal point of torture allegations yet again following the publication of a second video in which guards are seen beating prisoners.Twelve former Yaroslavl prison officials have been arrested this summer after a video leaked of several men in correctional uniforms and plain clothes beating and waterboarding a prisoner. Russia’s Federal Prison Service (FSIN) vowed to launch a nationwide inspection of correctional facilities and discipline abusive officials after the video’s publication.
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Russian-made communication technology is being used by the White House as a direct line between Washington and Moscow, Russia’s state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec has said.A direct link between the Kremlin and the White House became operational on Aug. 30, 1963, a year after the Cuban missile crisis that had almost led to nuclear war.
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Nearly two-thirds of Russians believe there is an organized group of people working to minimize Russia’s role in history and subvert its traditional values using “gay propaganda,” according to a survey by the state-run VTsIOM pollster. In recent years, Russia has positioned itself as a defender of conservative values in the face of European liberalism.
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