Russian opponent Yevgeny Roizman, former mayor of Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, and one of the last opposition figures still free, was arrested on Wednesday for trying to “discredit” the army, the authorities said. Russian authorities.
Founder of a charitable foundation of his name, Mr. Roïzman, 59, was the subject of a muscular arrest, a dozen armed police officers in camouflage uniforms having come to his home in Yekaterinburg early in the morning, according to a video broadcast by the Mash channel on Telegram.
An investigation for wanting to “discredit” the Russian armed forces has been opened once morest him in Moscow where he must be transferred following his arrest, the Russian Interior Ministry said in a statement. Investigators accuse Mr. Roizman of having published a video on the Internet whose content was aimed at “discrediting the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out to defend the interests of the country and its citizens”, according to the same source.