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Moscow police detain more than 800 in opposition crackdown

Moscow police detain more than 800 in opposition crackdown

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.

  • Reuters – SBS News

Police removed Sobol from a taxi and bundled her into a van minutes before the start of what anti-Kremlin activists described as…

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