<p>A well-known Russian opposition blogger and radio host was beaten outside his home in Moscow, his spokesman said, as Kremlin critics say they are subject to a growing number of attacks.</p>.<p>Yegor Zhukov, 22, was handed a suspended sentence last summer on extremism charges for making videos criticising President Vladimir Putin amid huge protests calling for fair elections.</p>.<p>Zhukov's team posted a picture on Telegram of his bloodied and swollen face saying he was attacked and beaten near his home Sunday evening.</p>.<p>"According to eyewitnesses, he was attacked by two thugs who disappeared on scooters," Zhukov's spokesman Stas Toporkov said.</p>.<p>The opposition figure filed a complaint with police and underwent medical checks afterwards, according to the <em>Interfax </em>news agency.</p>.<p>Zhukov was arrested in August last year for his role in mass protests that erupted after independent and opposition candidates were barred from contesting local elections.</p>.<p>A politics student at the time, he was released under house arrest and charged with making online calls for extremism.</p>.<p>Earlier on Sunday, Zhukov said he had been excluded from a Masters degree course at the prestigious Higher School of Economics in Moscow, shortly after enrolling.</p>.<p>He said that a university administrator told him the decision had been taken "on orders from above".</p>.<p>Russia's opposition have complained of a growing number of attacks and punitive legal cases against Kremlin critics following a vote on changes to the constitution that allow Putin to extend his rule.</p>.<p>Leading opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being treated in a hospital in Berlin for a suspected poisoning and his allies hold Putin ultimately responsible.</p>
<p>A well-known Russian opposition blogger and radio host was beaten outside his home in Moscow, his spokesman said, as Kremlin critics say they are subject to a growing number of attacks.</p>.<p>Yegor Zhukov, 22, was handed a suspended sentence last summer on extremism charges for making videos criticising President Vladimir Putin amid huge protests calling for fair elections.</p>.<p>Zhukov's team posted a picture on Telegram of his bloodied and swollen face saying he was attacked and beaten near his home Sunday evening.</p>.<p>"According to eyewitnesses, he was attacked by two thugs who disappeared on scooters," Zhukov's spokesman Stas Toporkov said.</p>.<p>The opposition figure filed a complaint with police and underwent medical checks afterwards, according to the <em>Interfax </em>news agency.</p>.<p>Zhukov was arrested in August last year for his role in mass protests that erupted after independent and opposition candidates were barred from contesting local elections.</p>.<p>A politics student at the time, he was released under house arrest and charged with making online calls for extremism.</p>.<p>Earlier on Sunday, Zhukov said he had been excluded from a Masters degree course at the prestigious Higher School of Economics in Moscow, shortly after enrolling.</p>.<p>He said that a university administrator told him the decision had been taken "on orders from above".</p>.<p>Russia's opposition have complained of a growing number of attacks and punitive legal cases against Kremlin critics following a vote on changes to the constitution that allow Putin to extend his rule.</p>.<p>Leading opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being treated in a hospital in Berlin for a suspected poisoning and his allies hold Putin ultimately responsible.</p>