Putin rival briefly arrested in Moscow during protest

[Dill]

(01-29-2018, 03:15 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/28/europe/russian-protests-navalny-office-intl/index.html

Putin rival and prospective presidential candidate Alexei Navalny was arrested during a protest this weekend a thousand came out in Moscow to protest Putin's regime.

Earlier police had forced their way into his party headquarters while he was broadcasting on youtube, accusing him on planting a bomb. They seized equipment during the raid. CNN reached out to Moscow police but were told there's no information regarding the raids.

This is not the first time the authorities have come after him on trumped up charges.

And not the first time Putin opponents have been jailed.

One big difference between Russia and the US is that more people care about abuse of power. The Russian population as a whole seems to be indifferent to Putin's authoritarian actions, so long as he seems to keep Russia a player on the world stage and keeps the standard of living above what it was '91-98.