Russian police released opposition leader and would-be presidential candidate Alexei Navalny on Friday after several hours in detention.
Police charged Navalny with repeatedly organizing unauthorized rallies, an administrative offense punishable with a fine of up to a 300,000 rubles ($5,200) and compulsory work for up to 200 hours.
“We were finally presented with a charge and released, and the trial will be on October 2 at the Simonovsky Court of Moscow at 15:00 Moscow time,” Navalny’s lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, told Interfax.
Police had stopped Navalny early Friday as he was headed to a campaign rally in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, where at …read more
Source: Voice of America
