Police in Siberia detained human rights activist Olga Suvorova on December 18 on her arrival in the city of Krasnoyarsk from Moscow, where she took part in the meeting of a group that proposed journalist Yekaterina Duntsova a day earlier as a candidate in the presidential election scheduled for March 17. Suvorova's detainment was linked to her complaint in October when she accused a police officer of attacking her. Police now accuse Suvorova of false denunciation. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Siberian Rights Activist Detained Amid Election Controversy
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