MOSCOW – Authorities call it “Plan Fortress” – a secretive emergency protocol to lock down Russian police stations in case of armed attack. Now it’s being used with a new goal: to keep out human rights lawyers trying to aid Russians held after mass arrests during pro-opposition demonstrations.
Washington Post: Inside Russia’s mass arrests
People, who were detained during recent rallies in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, are pictured after being released from a detention centre in Saint Petersburg on Feb. 10, 2021.
