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France 24: Russian opposition figure detained upon release from jail

By France 24.
Politicians Ilya Yashin and Sergei Mitrokhin, the two of the candidates barred from running for September's elections to the Moscow city legislature, arrive for a meeting with Russia's Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova in Moscow on July 23, 2019.
Photo by AFP

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin was detained moments after his release from jail on Aug. 18 after completing a 10-day sentence for his role in Moscow’s recent wave of protests.

“I have been detained once again outside the jail,” Yashin said on his Twitter account.

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