Putin critic Alexei Navalny defies ‘illegal’ house arrest

Russian opposition leader, Kremlin critic and prominent political blogger Alexei Navalny said on Monday that he would no longer abide by the terms of his ‘illegal’ house arrest, defiantly cutting off his monitoring bracelet.

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"I refuse to comply with the requirements of my illegal detention under house arrest," Navalny wrote on Twitter and his blog.

Об отказе соблюдать режим домашнего ареста http://t.co/ebJyTldSgM http://ift.tt/1Ag9laV

— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) January 5, 2015

"The bracelet took some effort, but it has been cut off with kitchen scissors," read the caption beneath the photo of the anklet posted on his website. Read more...

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