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Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Moscow |Published: July 28, 2019 3:45:57 pm

Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade

A Russian group that monitors police arrests says nearly 1,400 people were detained in a police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, the largest number of detentions in the Russian capital this decade

Police officers detain a woman during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia. (Source: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A Russian group that monitors police arrests says nearly 1,400 people were detained in a police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, the largest number of detentions at a protest in the Russian capital this decade