A hunger-striking opposition politician and close ally of jailed Kremlin critic ...
MOSCOW - A hunger-striking opposition politician and close ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has warned Russian authorities to allow a free and fair election in Moscow later this year or face weekly street protests and rising discontent.
The authorities say they are not allowing Sobol and her colleagues to take part because they failed to collect enough genuine signatures of support, a condition of being registered. Sobol was detained and released by police three times in connection with Saturday’s protest and was carried out of Moscow’s electoral commission on a sofa by police officers on one occasion.
“People are ready to go on. I plan to go out every weekend on the city’s streets. I’m not afraid of the possibility of detention, of beatings, or of the opening of criminal cases,” she said. After 17 days of consuming only water and vitamins, Sobol, who at one point needed two people to help her walk across a room, said she intended to continue her hunger strike even though she felt “pretty bad”.
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