Police detained more than 800 people across Russia during protests against government plans to raise the national retirement age that have resulted in President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings slumping to a four-year low.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Sept. 9 in dozens of towns and cities after Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin critic, called for nationwide rallies against the pension reforms. Navalny was jailed for 30 days on Aug. 25 on a separate protest-related charge in a move that he said was aimed at preventing him from leading the rallies on Sept. 9.