Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny, Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov, socialite and television presenter Ksenia Sobchak and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov were among those targeted.
"There is a search going on in my home," Navalny wrote on Twitter shortly after 8am local time. "They almost split the door in two." Police also cordoned off Navalny's office, where the prolific campaigner runs his Anti-Corruption Fund and co-ordinates his exposés involving government bodies and large companies.
Russia's opposition has a licence for up to 50,000 people to attend a rally on Tuesday , a national holiday. But those targeted were ordered to report to police for questioning on Tuesdayat 11am--a time that could prevent their attendance at the march, which is due to begin in central Moscow at midday. Officials said the raids were a part of an investigation into the violence that broke out between riot police and protesters at the last opposition demonstration on 6 May.
Police confiscated computers and other electronic equipment as well as flags, photographs and clothing. Searches were also conducted in the homes of the parents and parents-in-law of several of the opposition activists. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/11/russian-police-raids-putin-march
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