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The Moscow Times: Russian youth arrested for inflated duck sparks social media campaign

Published March 1, 2018 at 4:58 pm

Riot police officers stand in line to block protesters at Pushkinskaya Square during an unauthorised anti-corruption rally in central Moscow on March 26, 2017.Thousands of Russians demonstrated across the country on March 26 to protest at corruption, defying bans on rallies which were called by prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny -- who was arrested along with scores of others. Navalny called for the protests after publishing a detailed report this month accusing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of controlling a property empire through a shadowy network of non-profit organisations. / AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV

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A yellow duck that landed a Russian opposition activist in jail this week has now taken center stage in a social media campaign to secure his release.

A St. Petersburg court reportedly sentenced Artyom Goncharenko to 25 days behind bars on Feb. 26 after he displayed a giant inflated duck outside an apartment window during an anti-election rally last month.