{"id":35983,"date":"2019-08-03T12:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T04:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=35983"},"modified":"2019-08-03T12:33:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T04:33:20","slug":"russian-opposition-to-take-to-streets-again-defying-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=35983","title":{"rendered":"Russian opposition to take to streets again, defying crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/inter-04-1.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/inter-04-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MOSCOW, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The Russian opposition vowed to stage<br>another mass rally Saturday despite increasing pressure from authorities, who arrested nearly 1,400 people at a protest last week and have launched a criminal probe into the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The march along Moscow\u2019s leafy boulevards will be the latest in a series<br>of demonstrations after officials refused to let popular opposition<br>candidates run in next month\u2019s city parliament elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The local issue has boiled over into one of the worst political conflicts<br>of recent years, with rallies of up to 22,000 people and police violence<br>against demonstrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 6,000 people said on Facebook they would take part in the march along Moscow\u2019s so-called Boulevard Ring on Saturday to \u201cbring back the right to elections\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials say candidates were disqualified because they forged the<br>necessary signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Muscovites said their signatures in support of the opposition were<br>declared invalid with no reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some turned up at previous protests brandishing banners with slogans such<br>as \u201cI have a right to choose\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the polls in September, the opposition hopes to end the monopoly of<br>Kremlin loyalists in Moscow\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The body decides over the city\u2019s multi-billion-dollar budget but lacks<br>political independence from mayor Sergei Sobyanin, an ally of Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin has yet to comment on the political crisis in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have launched investigations into last weekend\u2019s \u201cmass riots\u201d<br>and \u201cviolence against police\u201d, echoing similar probes into protests against<br>Vladimir Putin in 2012 which saw several people jailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four people were formally arrested pending trial Friday, though the<br>opposition stressed that the protest was peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moscow police on Friday issued a warning for people not to attend the<br>rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe repeat that the event is illegal,\u201d it said on its website. \u201cWe suggest<br>that residents and visitors refrain from participating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police \u201cwill take all necessary measures,\u201d the Moscow prosecutors\u2019 office<br>said. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The Russian opposition vowed to stageanother mass rally Saturday despite increasing pressure from authorities, who arrested nearly 1,400 people at a protest last week and have launched a criminal probe into the movement. The march along Moscow\u2019s leafy boulevards will be the latest in a seriesof demonstrations after officials refused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35983"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}