Navalny s Movement Faces Tough Obstacles To Expanding Into Russia s North Caucasus
February 28, 2021 10:37 GMT
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When the team of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny attempted to open a representative office in the capital of the North Caucasus republic of Daghestan earlier this month, events unfolded quickly.
News of the plan broke in local media on February 19. Late in the evening of the very next day, a group of unknown assailants accosted Navalny s regional coordinator, Ruslan Ablyakimov, at a local scenic overlook and beat him savagely. Then they lifted me up and asked me: What are you doing here? Why did you come from Moscow? Ablyakimov