Politics● ElevatedSep 19 · Sep 19, 2026, 9:11 PM
Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Japan Today · Eastern Europe
Russia’s liberal opposition Yabloko party said that one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station on Saturday, the…
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