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| More activists arrested in Russia | More activists arrested in Russia |
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| Russian police have broken up an opposition rally, arresting activists for the second day running. | Russian police have broken up an opposition rally, arresting activists for the second day running. |
| Police detained about 150 people in St Petersburg, including opposition leader Boris Nemtsov - who was later freed. | Police detained about 150 people in St Petersburg, including opposition leader Boris Nemtsov - who was later freed. |
| The protest was organised by the Other Russia, a coalition of anti-Kremlin groups. They accuse the government of crushing dissent ahead of elections. | The protest was organised by the Other Russia, a coalition of anti-Kremlin groups. They accuse the government of crushing dissent ahead of elections. |
| On Saturday Other Russia leader and former chess champion Garry Kasparov was arrested during a rally in Moscow. | On Saturday Other Russia leader and former chess champion Garry Kasparov was arrested during a rally in Moscow. |
| Mr Kasparov was jailed for five days for leading an unauthorised march. | Mr Kasparov was jailed for five days for leading an unauthorised march. |
| Banners | Banners |
| The Other Russia brings together a broad coalition of mainstream politicians, leftists and nationalists, all of whom are opposed to the Kremlin. | The Other Russia brings together a broad coalition of mainstream politicians, leftists and nationalists, all of whom are opposed to the Kremlin. |
| Several hundred people took part in the St Petersburg protest - much fewer than Saturday's gathering of about 3,000 people in Moscow. | Several hundred people took part in the St Petersburg protest - much fewer than Saturday's gathering of about 3,000 people in Moscow. |
| We have come here today to ask Mr Putin and the authorities - why is there so much corruption in the country? Boris NemtsovOpposition leader class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7112040.stm">In pictures: Russian arrests Activists holding white flowers met near the headquarters of the liberal Yabloko party, and headed to the site of the unauthorised rally. | |
| Mr Nemtsov, a leader of the opposition SPS party and a candidate in presidential elections due in March, addressed the crowd. | Mr Nemtsov, a leader of the opposition SPS party and a candidate in presidential elections due in March, addressed the crowd. |
| "They have forbidden us from discussing Putin," he said. | "They have forbidden us from discussing Putin," he said. |
| "But we have come here today to ask Mr Putin and the authorities why is there so much corruption in the country?" | "But we have come here today to ask Mr Putin and the authorities why is there so much corruption in the country?" |
| Riot police reportedly moved in when some protesters unfurled banners of the banned National Bolshevik Party and marched towards the Winter Palace, the residence of the tsars. | Riot police reportedly moved in when some protesters unfurled banners of the banned National Bolshevik Party and marched towards the Winter Palace, the residence of the tsars. |
| Correspondents put the number of people taken away in police vans at about 200. | Correspondents put the number of people taken away in police vans at about 200. |
| Mr Nemtsov was among them - but was subsequently released from custody. | Mr Nemtsov was among them - but was subsequently released from custody. |
| The parliamentary poll to be held on 2 December is widely expected to be won by President Vladimir Putin's supporters. | The parliamentary poll to be held on 2 December is widely expected to be won by President Vladimir Putin's supporters. |