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People with national flags and various political parties flags gather during a protest in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Masses of people gathered in central Moscow to demand that opposition candidates be included on ballots for an upcoming city parliament election in September. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Moscow election protest attracts huge crowd, spurs spinoffs

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

In this Sept. 19, 2017, file photo, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman testifies during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination to become the U.S. ambassador to Russia, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Huntsman has resigned from his post as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia and is planning to move back to Utah in October. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US-Russia ambassador Jon Huntsman stepping down

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol, left, arrives to attend a meeting with election officials considering her appeal against exclusion from September's election at the Russian Central Election commission in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. The authorities' decision to exclude opposition candidates from the race has triggered a wave of protests in the Russian capital. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Rejected Moscow candidates likely to lose another round

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Washington district upgrades security at elementary schools

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In this photo taken on Friday July 12, 2019, a man works in the garden of a high-end restaurant, Amber Room, where top Polish politicians and business people were secretly and illegally recorded over hundreds of hours in 2013 and 2014, in Warsaw, Poland. Five years after dozens of Polish politicians were secretly recorded at two Warsaw restaurants, claims that Poland’s “Waitergate” scandal was a prelude to Russian election interference in the United States are getting another look. A book by an investigative journalist and a pardon request from the Polish coal tycoon who was convicted of having restaurant VIP rooms bugged have fueled suspicions about Russia and the nationalist party that benefited when the scandal toppled a pro-EU government. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)

Was Polish scandal a Russian test for US election tampering?

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Police officers detain a protestor, during an unsanctioned rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Moscow police detained more than 300 people Saturday who are protesting the exclusion of some independent and opposition candidates from the city council ballot, a monitoring group said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Germany urges Russia to swiftly release Moscow protesters

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Police block a square during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Moscow police on Saturday detained nearly 90 people protesting the exclusion of some independent and opposition candidates from the city council ballot, a monitoring group said, a week after arresting nearly 1,400 at a similar protest. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The Latest: Arrests at unsanctioned Moscow protest up to 600

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Woman pleads guilty to killing northern Idaho man

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Police officers detain an opposition candidate and lawyer at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption Lyubov Sobol in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Moscow police detain more than 800 at protest, monitor says

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2018 file photo, Police officers secure the area as a police tent covers the spot in Salisbury, England, where former Russian spy double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found critically ill following exposure to a nerve agent. President Donald Trump is levying more sanctions on Russia in connection with the alleged 2018 poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury, England. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Trump levies more sanctions on Russia in spy poisoning case

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Police officers detain protesters during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Russian police cracked down fiercely Saturday on demonstrators in central Moscow, beating some people and arresting more than 1,000 who were protesting the exclusion of opposition candidates from the ballot for Moscow city council. Police also stormed into a TV station broadcasting the protest. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Moscow authorities vow tough action against any new protest

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In this photo taken on Saturday, July 27, 2019, Inga Kudracheva screams as her boyfriend Boris Kantorovich lies atop her while police try to detain him during an unsanctioned protest in Moscow. Images of the young couple have been spread on social media. They say the crackdown by police has left them shaken but with their resolve strengthened. (AP Photo/Denis Sinyakov)

Moscow couple shaken but defiant after police crackdown

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Police officer assists a man who was injured during clashes between demonstrators and police in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Russian police clashed with demonstrators and have arrested some hundreds in central Moscow during a protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council. (AP Photo/ Pavel Golovkin)

Russia opens criminal case into Moscow election protest

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, behind Putin, arrive to attend the military parade during the Navy Day celebration in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, July 28, 2019.(Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Bipartisan House leaders push for new sanctions on Russia over Skripal poison attack

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

This Monday, July 29, 2019 handout photo released by navalny.com shows Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, sitting on a bed in a hospital, in Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was discharged from a hospital Monday even though his physician raised suspicions of a possible poisoning after he suffered facial swelling and a rash while in jail. (navalny.com via AP)

Alexei Navalny sent back to jail after suspected poisoning

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, who has been detained by police and charged with unlawfully organizing a public gathering, sits in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Navalny has called for demonstrators to protest on Saturday outside the mayor's office against the rejection of several opposition candidates from the ballot for the Moscow city council elections. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, may have been poisoned, doctor says

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Sergiev Posad is about to change from a small town with a monastery into a home base for Russian Orthodox Christians that can rival the Vatican. (Associated Press photograph)

Sergiev Posad project to transform town to Russian Orthodox church beacon

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, who has been detained by police and charged with unlawfully organizing a public gathering, sits in a court room as his lawyer Olga Mikhailova, left, reads documents in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Navalny has called for demonstrators to protest on Saturday outside the mayor's office against the rejection of several opposition candidates from the ballot for this fall's Moscow city council elections. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Putin opponent sent back to jail after suspected poisoning

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Police officers detain a woman during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Russian police are wrestling with demonstrators and have arrested hundreds in central Moscow during a protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia detains 1,400 in Moscow protest

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Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, who has been detained by police and charged with unlawfully organizing a public gathering, sits in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Navalny has called for demonstrators to protest on Saturday outside the mayor's office against the rejection of several opposition candidates from the ballot for the Moscow city council elections. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

The Latest: Putin critic sent to hospital for severe allergy

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