Over the weekend, police detained more than 1,000 people in protests over municipal elections scheduled for September
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Independent monitors put the number of arrests much higher. According to OVD-Info, an independent site that monitors arrests, 1,373 people were detained in connection with Saturday's unsanctioned protests, which came a week after a legal demonstration in support of free and fair elections drew over 20,000 people, according to White Counter, a group that monitors attendance figures at protests.
Navalny: Putin's regime is built on corruption 03:23The day after the rally, attention shifted to Navalny himself, after the opposition leader was hospitalized for an"acute allergic reaction." Later on Sunday, Navalny's spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, quoted a Facebook post by Navalny's personal physician who was able to observe him at the hospital where he was taken from a Moscow detention center.
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