Russian police search protest leaders’ apartments

By Lynn Berry

Published June 12, 2012 5:21am ET

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Russian police search protest leaders’ apartments — An investigator guarding by Russian police officers carries a box after a police search in Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny flat in Moscow, Russia, June 11, 2012. Russian investigators searched the apartments of several protest leaders Monday and called them in for questioning Tuesday, making it difficult if not impossible for them to lead a mass demonstration against President Vladimir Putin planned for the June 12 national holiday. (AP Photo/Leonid Lebedev) | Leonid Lebedev

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators have searched the apartments of several protest leaders and called them in for questioning Tuesday, making it difficult if not impossible for them to lead a mass demonstration against President Vladimir Putin planned for the June 12 national holiday.

It was a sudden escalation in pressure on the opposition, but tensions already were running high.

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