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Dozens of Opposition Activists Detained [in Russia]
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Mar 04, 2008 09:57am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Moscow Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 4, 2008 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Riot police roughly detained dozens of protesters, including Union of Right Forces leader Nikita Belykh, in central Moscow on Monday evening, quashing an opposition march that City Hall had refused to authorize.
Simultaneously, in St. Petersburg, which allowed a march to go ahead, about 2,500 people showed up to challenge the legitimacy of Sunday's election and call on voters to reject the president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, the Novy Region news agency reported.
Former chess champion Garry Kasparov and the leader of the banned National Bolshevik Party, Eduard Limonov, traveled to St. Petersburg to protest the vote, which they called a "farce." Both are leaders of the Other Russia opposition coalition.
The police acted quickly to prevent the march, detaining 40 to 50 people, including Belykh and Ponomaryov, as they gave interviews to reporters about 10 minutes after the march was to have started. |
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