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Several people detained in Manezhnaya Square in downtown Moscow

Security measures were also boosted on other central Moscow streets in order to prevent possible illegal rallies

MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. Police have detained several people who came to an unauthorized rally in the Manezhnaya Square in downtown Moscow. As a TASS correspondent reported, all detainees are young people.

Earlier, after the court’s decision to convert Russian blogger Alexey Navalny’s suspended sentence into jail time, urges to come to the Manezhnaya Square were posted on social networks. Currently the square is cordoned off by the police, there are not many people there.

Security measures were also boosted on other central Moscow streets in order to prevent possible illegal rallies.