Women charged over illegal protest’ say arrest is attempt to stifle complaints about politicianThree Russian activists bear been arrested and charged with staging an illegal protest in what they claim is an official backlash against their campaign for sexual harassment allegations made against MP Leonid Slutsky to be taken seriously. Authorities arrested Alena Popova, Anastasiya Glushkova and Anastasiya Alekseeva last week on the charge of having organised a mass event without permission after they protested with a cardboard cutout of Slutsky external of the State Duma in Moscow.
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Source: guardian.co.uk