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Jennifer Rubin: The State Department speaks up against Russia

Published March 28, 2017 at 12:13 pm

A police officer climbs on a lamp post to detain protesters during an unauthorised anti-corruption rally in central Moscow on March 26, 2017.Thousands of Russians demonstrated across the country on March 26 to protest at corruption, defying bans on rallies which were called by prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny -- who was arrested along with scores of others. Navalny called for the protests after publishing a detailed report this month accusing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of controlling a property empire through a shadowy network of non-profit organisations. / AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV

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The Post reports on scores of protests in Russia on March 26 over endemic government corruption, followed by mass arrests:

Too angry to be cowed, they poured into the street, fed up with their country’s wide-reaching corruption and a government unwilling, or unable, to stop it. Police responded with barricades, tear gas and mass arrests in cities across Russia.