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Moscow police detain more than 800 in opposition crackdown

Police officers detain a man during an unsanctioned rally in the centre of Moscow, Russia.

Police officers detain a man during an unsanctioned rally in the centre of Moscow, Russia. Source: AAP

Moscow based journalist Giuseppe D'Amato reports.


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Moscow based journalist Giuseppe D'Amato reports.


Russian police forcibly detained over 800 people attending a protest in Moscow on Saturday to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after authorities warned the demonstration was illegal.

Police removed Sobol from a taxi and bundled her into a van minutes before the start of what anti-Kremlin activists described as a peaceful walk to protest against the exclusion of their candidates from an election next month.

Meanwhile, Siberia's wildfires are not decreasing - they are only getting bigger despite Russian airforce intervention.

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