Over 800 Arrested In Moscow Opposition Demo
800 people attending a protest in Moscow on Saturday to demand free elections were forcibly detained.
Prominent activist Lyubov Sobol was among those taken into custody, after authorities warned the demonstration was illegal.
Anti-Kremlin activists described it as a peaceful walk to protest against the exclusion of their candidates from a local election.
Reuters reports police removed Sobol from a taxi and bundled her into a van minutes before the start of the demonstration.
Prominent activist Lyubov Sobol was among those taken into custody, after authorities warned the demonstration was illegal.
Anti-Kremlin activists described it as a peaceful walk to protest against the exclusion of their candidates from a local election.
Reuters reports police removed Sobol from a taxi and bundled her into a van minutes before the start of the demonstration.