‘Attempts to hold unsanctioned public events … will be regarded as a threat to public order and immediately suppressed’ MOSCOW: Russian police on Friday said they would crackdown on opposition protests in support of the jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny at the weekend. “Attempts to hold unsanctioned public events, as well as any provocative actions on the part of their participants, will be regarded as a threat to public order and immediately suppressed,” Moscow police said in a statement.