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Russian police have “stooped to a new low” by detaining “dozens of teenagers” during peaceful protests against the government’s plan to raise the retirement age, Amnesty International says.

The London-based human rights watchdog made the statement on Sept. 10, a day after more than 1,000 people were detained nationwide as anti-Kremlin demonstrators took to the streets in rallies coinciding with regional and local elections.

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