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June 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“They practically cut out the door,” wrote Navalny, who later
tweeted police had confiscated the electronics in his home “including
discs with the children’s photos”.
Navalny’s lawyer was barred from the flat for hours, Ekho Moskvy radio said.
His spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency that there were
armed police at an office he uses. No one was in the office at the time.
Other members of the opposition said the raids were a sign that Putin had
given up on democracy.
“Putin has stopped even imitating democracy,” Sergei Mitrokhin, a
liberal opposition leader, said on Ekho Moskvy.
Dozens expressed anger over the move on the internet, which the opposition has
used to organise the mass protests that have threatened Putin’s authority,
bypassing a compliant television media that is under tight state control.
“Vova is crazy,” one Twitter user wrote, referring to Putin by using
the common nickname for Vladimir, and others exchanged messages under the
tag that translates as ‘ h ello1937’ – a reference to the deadliest year of
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s repression.
Interfax news agency cited Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin
as saying those whose homes were searched had been summoned to appear at the
committee on Tuesday, potentially interfering with their plans for the
protest.
Opposition leaders have permission for a march and rally in central Moscow, a
test of their ability to maintain pressure on Putin through protests despite
the new law increasing fines for protests at which to as much as 300,000
roubles (£6,000) for participants and 1 million roubles for organisers.
Putin won a six-year presidential term in March despite a wave of protests
which drew tens of thousands of people to the streets, particularly
middle-class city dwellers.
Opposition activists vowed to press ahead with plans for the protest. “These
madly repressive measures are meant to frighten people,” activist
Sergei Davidis said on Ekho Moskvy, adding that the protest would go ahead
as planned.
Source: Reuters
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