Up to 8,000 people taking part in unauthorized rally in central Moscow — police

Russian Politics & Diplomacy March 26, 2017, 16:07

No detentions have been officially reported

MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Up to 8,000 people are taking part in an unauthorized opposition rally in central Moscow, a police spokesman told TASS on Sunday.

"About 7,000-8,000 people are at the site of the unsanctioned public rally in Moscow’s Tverskaya Street and adjacent territories," the spokesman said.

No detentions have been officially reported. However, a police source told TASS more than 100 people, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, have been detained.

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