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Deutsche Welle: Russian police detain dozens of protesters, including Alexei Navalny

Published March 26, 2017 at 4:56 pm

Police officers detain a man during an unauthorised anti-corruption rally in central Moscow on March 26. Thousands of Russians demonstrated across the country on March 26 to protest at corruption, defying bans on rallies which were called by prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny - who was arrested along with scores of others. Navalny called for the protests after publishing a detailed report this month accusing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of controlling a property empire through a shadowy network of non-profit organisations.

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Thousands of people across Russia protested corruption on Sunday, leading to scores of arrests including that of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

An anti-corruption campaigner who plans to challenge President Vladimir Putin in next year’s presidential elections, Navalny was detained by police as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters. Reuters reporters saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead.