Home > Moscow opposition fights to get on local ballot

News
Moscow opposition fights to get on local ballot

Description

Discarded signatures, spoiler candidates and police detentions: the latest battle of the Russian opposition to participate in next month's polls in Moscow risks boiling over into a political crisis. On Sunday, some 2,000 people gathered outside the City Hall and later the Moscow election commission before police intervened, detaining dozens of opposition figures, including colleagues of opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

Added on the 15/07/2019 17:55:29 - Copyright : AFP EN

To customise your video :

Generic export code

More videos on the subject

Moscow: Hundreds gather at opposition leader Alexei Navalny's grave on final election day

Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES

17/03/2024 - AFPTV - First images
Crowds chant Navalny's name outside Moscow cemetery

In the south-east of the Russian capital Moscow, a crowd chants the name of Alexei Navalny outside Borisovo cemetery, where the Russian opposition leader was buried. Navalny died in an Arctic prison on 16 February. The death has been widely condemned by Western leaders and Navalny's supporters have accused Putin of murder and of trying to prevent a dignified public burial. IMAGES

01/03/2024 - AFPTV - First images
People leave flowers at makeshift Moscow memorial for Navalny

Police patrol and stand by Moscow's "Wall of Grief", a bronze monument to Soviet-era repression and a site that has become a makeshift memorial for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison on February 16. Among the flowers left at the site is a bouquet with a message that reads: "One for All. Forgive us." IMAGES

19/02/2024 - AFPTV - First images
Kremlin critic Navalny appears via videolink as Moscow court rules against appeal

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses his legal appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemned as politically motivated. His sentencing comes as Moscow pushes on with its military offensive in neighbouring Ukraine and Russian authorities seek to silence remaining government critics. IMAGES

24/05/2022 - AFPTV - First images
S.African president Cyril Ramaphosa casts his ballot in local elections

South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa casts his ballot in the Hitekani Primary School in Soweto. The leader says the ANC knows "what the problems are" and wants to correct them "this time around". IMAGES

01/11/2021 - AFPTV - First images
Venezuelan opposition to compete in local, regional elections in November

Caracas, Aug 31 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Ivan Cardenas) Former Venezuelan opposition MP Freddy Guevara, a politician very close to Juan Guaidó, opted this Tuesday to "move to a process of coexistence" between political forces that includes the ruling Socialist Party United of Venezuela (PSUV), founded by the late President Hugo Chávez.

01/09/2021 - EFE Inglés