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Russian police arrest 150 at opposition protests
AFP
Monday, Dec 15, 2008
Russian authorities arrested Sunday at least 150 people taking
part in opposition demonstrations in Moscow and St Petersburg
organised by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, police
said.
Police spokesmen said about 90 people were detained in Moscow
and 60 in St Petersburg for attempting to take part in unauthorised
demonstrations.
Hundreds of anti-riot police packed Triumfalnaya Square in central
Moscow -- surrounding it with trucks and metal barriers -- to
stop the rally from going ahead. Dozens of people were detained
and forced into police buses, AFP reporters said.
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A Kasparov spokeswoman, Lyudmila Mamina, said the Kremlin critic
had tried but been unable to reach the square for the protest
because of the police presence.
"He is now at home but the road outside is now blocked by
police," she told AFP.
Kasparov and other activists had planned the "Dissenters'
March" a day after they launched a new opposition group,
Solidarity, and vowed to "dismantle" the regime of Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin.
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