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RFE/RL: Russian opposition activist Udaltsov detained over rallies against pension reform

Published Aug. 14, 2018 at 8:45 pm

Sergei Udaltsov, Russia's leftist anti-Kremlin group Left Front activist, takes part in rally against pension reform in Moscow on July 18, 2018 ahead of a parliament vote.Around 1,000 people gathered in Moscow on July 18, 2018, to protest a planned hike in the pension age, a day before the lower house of the Russian parliament is set to vote on the measure.

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The leader of Russia’s opposition Levy Front (Left Front) movement, Sergei Udaltsov, has been detained in Moscow.

Udaltsov’s wife tweeted that her husband was detained on August 14 over July protests organized against the government’s plan to increase the retirement age.