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Protests Across Russia Call For Boycott Of March 18 Presidential Vote

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was wrestled to the ground and bundled into a waiting police van amid protests in some 100 cities across the country.
Supporters of Alexei Navalny at the rally "protest voters" in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was briefly detained Sunday after a scuffle with police, who seized him amid protests in various cities calling for a boycott of the March 18 presidential election.

Navalny — a prominent Putin critic and anti-corruption campaigner

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