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Maxim Shipenkov / EPA
Masked investigators carry confiscated documents and equipment from the apartment building in which opposition leader Alexei Navalny resides after they finished a raid of his flat, in Moscow, Russia on Monday. Investigators and police officers, some with machine guns, stormed the homes of several Russian opposition leaders on 11 June, one day ahead of a planned mass rally by opponents of President Vladimir Putin. The so-called 'March of Millions' opposition rally, which was permitted by the city authorities, is to take place in Moscow on the 'Day of Russia' celebrated on June 12.
Mikhail Voskresensky / Reuters
A journalist films the apartment of opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny after it was searched by police in Moscow.
Maxim Shipenkov / EPA
Police officers armed with automatic rifles stand guard at the entrance of the house where an opposition leader Alexei Navalny has his flat as oppossition supporters wait nearby in Moscow. One of the supporters holds an iPad decorated with a poster picturing Alexei Navalny with the words beneath it 'Because we exist.'
Msnbc.com's World News blog reports that raid signals a tougher approach to dissent at the start of President Vladimir Putin's six-year term:
After tolerating the biggest opposition protests of his 12-year rule while seeking election, Putin now looks intent on damping down unrest.
On Friday he signed a law that increased fines, in some cases more than 100-fold, for violations of public order at gatherings including street demonstrations, ignoring warnings from his human rights council that it was unconstitutional.
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