Russian opposition campaigner Ruslan Shaveddinov has been forced into the military and posted to a remote air base in the Arctic.
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However, the authorities insist he had been trying to dodge compulsory military service. Alexei Navalny said Mr Shaveddinov, a project manager at his Anti-Corruption Foundation, was detained at his Moscow flat on Monday after the door was broken down, the electricity cut, and the SIM card on his mobile phone remotely disabled.
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