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Images show a police bus and Memorial supporters outside the Russian human rights organisation's office as police search the inside. Russian authorities have launched a criminal case against Oleg Orlov, the co-chair of the nobel prize-winning human rights organisation, for "discrediting" the army. The searches took place as President Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks. IMAGES
Russian police carry out a raid on the offices of main opposition leader Alexei Navalny as Kremlin critics accuse authorities of ramping up efforts to quash dissent. IMAGES
Russian police stand outside the front entrance to the Wagner mercenary group's St Petersburg offices, with a large police van also visible. Wagner's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to overthrow Russia's military leadership and claimed control of a key military headquarters in the south of the country. IMAGES
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German investigators raid a property belonging to a Russian oligarch suspected of tax evasion and breaking EU sanctions, with sources naming billionaire Alisher Usmanov as the target. Around 250 officers were involved in the raids, with the alleged tax evasion amounting to 550 million euros ($545 million), according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine. IMAGES of police outside of a raided property of a Russian oligarch in Tegernsee, Germany
Turkish police forcibly intervene in a Pride march in Istanbul, detaining and loading into buses more than 150 demonstrators. The governor's office had banned the march around Taksim Square in the heart of Istanbul but hundreds of protesters carrying rainbow flags press ahead with the rally in defiance of police. IMAGES
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