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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to the media as a security officer guards an entrance of the Anti-Corruption Foundation office in Moscow, Russia, Thursday. The federal court bailiffs' service that conducted the Thursday raid later said he had not been detained. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption

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Russian opposition candidate and lawyer Lyubov Sobol stands in front of police during a demonstration in Moscow on July 14. This summer's wave of opposition protests has pushed Sobol to the forefront of the Russian political scene. Pavel Golovkin/AP hide caption

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'The Government Is Very Afraid': Meet Moscow's New Opposition Leader, Lyubov Sobol

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