Russian police search St Petersburg HQ of opposition leader Navalny
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police searched the campaign headquarters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St Petersburg on Thursday ahead of a presidential election on March 18, a video feed streamed live to the Internet by Navalny's supporters showed.
The feed showed police checking campaigners' passports. Russia's central election commission declined to register Navalny as a candidate in the election, citing what Navalny said was a trumped up criminal conviction.
Thursday's police search took place on the same day as President Vladimir Putin, who polls show is on track to be comfortably re-elected, was visiting St Petersburg.
(Reporting by Christian Lowe; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Christian Lowe)
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