Russia stifles war criticism: popular former mayor arrested | Abroad

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KIEV – The former mayor of the Russian metropolis Yekaterinburg Yevgeny Roizman was lifted from his bed on Wednesday morning because he calls the war animal by his name. Roizman was one of the most prominent opposition politicians still at large in Russia, but an arrest had hung over his head for years.

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