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Supporters of the Russian opponent Alexei Navalny were searched throughout the day. A police operation throughout the country: more than 200 offices and homes were reportedly searched in at least 39 cities. The anti-corruption activist faces a money laundering investigation. He denounced an act of President Putin following the electoral defeat of his party in Moscow last Sunday.
With our correspondent in Moscow, Paul Gogo
According to Alexei Navalny, it would be a first in the history of Russia: 200 searches in 41 regions performed day and night. Representations of his movement, offices and homes of his relatives, colleagues and volunteers, the authorities have dealt a blow to the anticorruption opponent.
While protesting against the organization of local elections unopposed this summer, Alexei Navalny had learned to be investigated for money laundering. This investigation led to these searches .
" Smart Vote "
Thursday night, the opponent reacted in a video posted on the internet: " It is obvious that this kind of large-scale operation could only be organized by Vladimir Putin himself. Imagine the number of men mobilized, perhaps 1000 across the country. This time, he is very angry because of the intelligent vote since his favorite child, United Russia, was ravaged in Moscow and well damaged in the other regions. "
The " smart vote ", a device used for the first time by the opposition in the local elections last Sunday. Alexei Navalny called for a vote for the closest candidates to the mayor of Moscow, himself a protégé of Vladimir Putin. A strategy that has surely lost nearly half of the seats of the Parliament of the capital to United Russia , the Kremlin party.
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