Increased repression of opponents in Russia | Chronic

Nearly a month after the elections, the political temperature is rising in Russia. Russian police arrested the opposition leader yesterday Liubov Sobol and about 300 protesters who gathered in the center of Moscow during an unauthorized protest to demand the registration of opposition candidates in order to participate in the elections to the Moscow legislature on September 9th.

Sobol, an advocate of the Anti-Corruption Fund, to whom the electoral authorities refused to register his candidacy, was arrested by riot officers while he was riding in a taxi to visit the places of the event. The opposition leader has been on a hunger strike for 20 days to request the registration of her candidacy. She was surrounded by journalists at the time of her arrest.

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In parallel, some 300 protesters were arrested near Pushkin and Trubnaya squares, while they were participating in the unauthorized protest. In Trúbnaya Square, where several hundred people had gathered, riot police began arresting protesters after asking loudspeakers not to obstruct pbaders-by and vehicles.

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The Moscow authorities have deployed a major police device, including the use of helicopters, to prevent the manifestation of opposition, organized in the ring road boulevard that virtually surrounds the center of Moscow. "Citizens are asked not to obstruct the pbadage. This action is illegal and its participation may result in sanctions. ", was heard in the police calls transmitted by speakers. The unauthorized demonstration yesterday is the first after Saturday, convened for the same reason and was violently disbanded by the police.