on tuesday, they rated the offices of opposition politician dmitri good cove, who was planning to run in upcoming parliamentary elections. were now going to the next apartment. i've never thought so important before. there are 60 people working in our case today, and i'm allowed to speak to everyone. thank you. i think could cause was then also arrested and some of his associates taken in for questioning. the question is the themes as if this is a personal case against opposition, figures to pressure them, push them out of politics and prevent them from running an election. with such scenes, repeating themselves all over russia. the opposition is bracing for a tough time before pulls open in september. now japan is gearing up to host the olympic games at the same time the country is experiencing a deadly wave of corona virus infections. experts say that holding the games which bring thousands of people from around the world is dangerous or next report looks at the battle between those who want to shut the game down and those who say that they should go on despite the risks. just stop

on tuesday, they rated the offices of opposition politician dmitri good cove who was planning to run an upcoming parliamentary elections. were now going to the next apartment. never functional important before there are 60 people working in our case today, and i'm allowed to speak to everyone. thank you. good cause was been also arrested and some of his associates taken in for questioning. the question is the themes as if this is a personal case against opposition, figures to pressure them, push them out of politics and prevent them from running an election with with such scenes, repeating themselves all over russia. the opposition is bracing for a tough time before pulls open in september. and for more we are joined by dw correspondent, emily sherwin who standing by in moscow. emily, what's the latest that you're hearing about these arrests? well, both, i mean we could cough and under a lot of our high profile opposition, politicians or figures here in russia and both of them were arrested within just days of each other in what their allies say is the political campaign official . l

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on tuesday, they rated the offices of opposition politician dmitri good cove, who was planning to run in upcoming parliamentary elections. were now going to the next apartment. i've never thought so important before. there are 60 people working in our case today, and i'm allowed to speak to everyone. thank you. i think could cause was then also arrested and some of his associates taken in for questioning the question to themes as if this is a personal case against opposition, figures to pressure them, push them out of politics and prevent them from running an election with such scenes. repeating themselves all over russia, the opposition is bracing for a tough time before pulls open in september. others, meanwhile, is continued to face down international pressure over its crackdown against a journalist including d. w reporter, alexander buddha, because he's just been released after 7020 day sentence in the facility. he's described as a military prison is a look of a dangerous situation facing him and other journalist in a country where authorities have been cracking down on descent. a

on tuesday, they rated the offices of opposition politician dmitri good cove, who was planning to run an upcoming parliamentary elections. go into the next department. i've never felt so important before. there are 60 people working on our case today. we're not alive, i'll speak to everyone. thank you. good call was then we'll so arrested on some of his associates taken in for questioning. the question is, seems as if this is a personal case against opposition, figures to pressure them, push the massive politics and prevent them from running in the elections. with such scenes, repeating themselves all over russia. the opposition is bracing for a tough time before pose open in september. and for more on this, we are joined now by dw correspondent emily show when in moscow, emily, welcome. what's the latest you're hearing about? these are breast well, we know that need a good coffee and, and the people are of, are both quite high profile opposition. figures here in russia and their allies say that this is a political campaign against the whole opposition. officially good cause was arres