(NEWSWEEK) An opposition politician in Russia evaded a police raid by loading hard drives onto a drone and spiriting them away before officers could enter his apartment.
As a symbol of political discontent in Russia, there was no more dramatic sight than footage of Sergey Boyko, a mayoral candidate in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, ensuring that his electronic data would be beyond the clutches of law enforcement officials clamoring at his door.
This week Russian security services have raided supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 43 cities, from Vladivostok on the Pacific to Krasnodar in the south of the country.
