Opposition set to continue fight

Published time: May 24, 2012 11:11
Edited time: May 24, 2012 15:28
Aleksey Navalny (Photo from www.ridus.ru)

The Russian opposition is preparing for new mass protests in June and early September, says popular blogger Aleksey Navalny.

On Thursday, Navalny was released from jail after a 15-day administrative arrest. He was detained in Moscow early on May 9 for “disobeying police” while opposition activists attempted to stage“mass public stroll" which was to continue indefinitely. He emerged from the detention center to the applause of supporters.

Navalny stated that he, “as well as other political detainees,” was really happy to learn the news about protest actions recently held across Russia. According to the blogger, it is absolutely obvious that the protest movement will only increase from now on. Talking to Ekho Moskvy radio station, Navalny said he believes the opposition should prepare a nationwide protest action in early September.

A protest rally is also planned on June 12 – when the Day of Russia is celebrated.

Another opposition leader – Left Front coordinator Sergey Udaltsov – said he was confident “they would win”.

Early on Thursday, he also was released from jail where he spent 15 days following the May anti-government rallies that ended with clashes. He was detained the same day as Navalny and sentenced to administrative arrest on similar charges.

"All attempts by the illegitimate authorities to intimidate us are futile, because we know that we are in the right," Udaltsov told supporters and journalists assembled outside the prison, cited RIA Novosti.

Comments (11)

Billy1 25.05.2012 00:26

I just have to add a few words more on this, at least in some groups of instigators of unrest, and believers of " We know what is best for everybody, when it comes to how we all should live our lives" Why can't you start doing something useful, because it is to put it blunt, quite boring to register the likes of Mr. Navalny and Uldatsov, repeatingly try to stay in focus with the same lack of arguments and anything like a sustainable political message, raving out in the streets, with  mikes and bullhorns, shouting! To be honest there is many like me, I'm sure that if you can't come up with anything more than a blogg, why not try Facebook too, then you can count your friends!

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Billy1 25.05.2012 00:09

This blogger character named Navalny is nothing but a western puppet. Not long ago I was reading about him in some western media outlet, and he was invited to some western countries, but they quite conviently "forgot" to mention that he also is a nationalist! And a strong proof of his western backing attempts to stire up more trouble was made very clear, when a magazine with a list, supported by Mr. Obama and published in the US, stated that this "blogger" , holds the very suspicious title of one of the "worlds 100 most powerful people"??? I have never seen or heard anything more silly and obviously quickly fabricated lists, never seen it, guess I never will! But if thats a fact, well then I must be one "of the ten most powerful people", in my neighbourhood! And I am going global soon, so watch out Mr. Navalny! Just kidding!

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Masculin Russian (unregistered) 24.05.2012 23:32

Can someone just kill this man?....Is there anybody out there?.....Is there anybody out there?

If somebody kills this sick born homoerectus, the country of Flinstones (US) will be shouting aloud: "Down with Putin!"

On the other side..nobody in the world cares about the Flinstones. In some 10-20 years only bacteria will crouch the landscapes of that Island.

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