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RFE/RL: Yabloko Party official detained in Moscow over pension protest

Published June 19, 2018 at 12:43 pm

Police officers detain Sergei Mitrokhin, a leading member of the liberal opposition Yabloko party, during a protest against the city's plan to knock down Soviet-era apartment blocks and redevelop the old neighbourhoods, in front of the Russian Federation Council in central Moscow on June 28, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA

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The head of the Russian opposition party Yabloko’s branch in Moscow, Sergei Mitrokhin, has been detained while protesting the government’s plan to increase the pension age.

An RFE/RL correspondent saw police detain Mitrokhin as he protested alone in front of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on June 19.