MOSCOW: Russian police mentioned they detained 263 activists accumulating in central Moscow on Sunday for an unauthorised protest towards President Vladimir Putin.
Radical opposition activist Vyacheslav Maltsev had appealed on his website online for his supporters to carry protests across the country, calling for a "people's Revolution" and an immediate finish to Putin's rule.
"For breaches of public order in central Moscow, 263 people have been detained. They have all been taken to local police stations," Moscow police mentioned in a commentary.
Many of those detained were wearing knives, knuckledusters and pistols that may fireplace rubber bullets, TASS state news company reported. It mentioned police were detaining activists after looking them.
An AFP photographer mentioned police, some in helmets and bullet-proof vests, picked up the protesters one at a time in central Moscow with regards to the Kremlin.
A reporter for well-liked Echo of Moscow radio station, Andrei Yezhov, wrote on Twitter that he were detained and posted video from inside of a police van, pronouncing most of those held were in their early 20s. He used to be later released for free of charge.
Maltsev ran for parliament final yr and has a well-liked YouTube channel with important political observation.
He lives in the regional city of Saratov however fled to Paris earlier this yr after a Moscow court issued an arrest warrant for him over requires extremist job.
His movement referred to as Artpodgotovka used to be banned by means of a court in October.
The FSB safety provider mentioned Friday that it had detained a gaggle of supporters of Maltsev who were making plans to hold out "high-profile extremist actions" on November 4 and five together with atmosphere fireplace to government offices and attacking cops.
It mentioned the detentions came about in Moscow and its surrounding area.
The safety provider mentioned that police had halted the activities of teams of his supporters in 5 other cities.
It accused Maltsev of using the Internet for "propaganda of violent actions."
Sunday's protest got here after police in Moscow on Saturday detained dozens of other people at a nationalist anti-Kremlin march on a public holiday known as the Day of National Unity.
In fresh months, opposition chief Alexei Navalny has also referred to as supporters onto streets for protests with out permission from city government, leading to large numbers of arrests.
In June, more than 1,500 Navalny supporters were arrested during a day of demonstrations across the nation towards government corruption.
Radical opposition activist Vyacheslav Maltsev had appealed on his website online for his supporters to carry protests across the country, calling for a "people's Revolution" and an immediate finish to Putin's rule.
"For breaches of public order in central Moscow, 263 people have been detained. They have all been taken to local police stations," Moscow police mentioned in a commentary.
Many of those detained were wearing knives, knuckledusters and pistols that may fireplace rubber bullets, TASS state news company reported. It mentioned police were detaining activists after looking them.
An AFP photographer mentioned police, some in helmets and bullet-proof vests, picked up the protesters one at a time in central Moscow with regards to the Kremlin.
A reporter for well-liked Echo of Moscow radio station, Andrei Yezhov, wrote on Twitter that he were detained and posted video from inside of a police van, pronouncing most of those held were in their early 20s. He used to be later released for free of charge.
Maltsev ran for parliament final yr and has a well-liked YouTube channel with important political observation.
He lives in the regional city of Saratov however fled to Paris earlier this yr after a Moscow court issued an arrest warrant for him over requires extremist job.
His movement referred to as Artpodgotovka used to be banned by means of a court in October.
The FSB safety provider mentioned Friday that it had detained a gaggle of supporters of Maltsev who were making plans to hold out "high-profile extremist actions" on November 4 and five together with atmosphere fireplace to government offices and attacking cops.
It mentioned the detentions came about in Moscow and its surrounding area.
The safety provider mentioned that police had halted the activities of teams of his supporters in 5 other cities.
It accused Maltsev of using the Internet for "propaganda of violent actions."
Sunday's protest got here after police in Moscow on Saturday detained dozens of other people at a nationalist anti-Kremlin march on a public holiday known as the Day of National Unity.
In fresh months, opposition chief Alexei Navalny has also referred to as supporters onto streets for protests with out permission from city government, leading to large numbers of arrests.
In June, more than 1,500 Navalny supporters were arrested during a day of demonstrations across the nation towards government corruption.
More than 260 detained at Moscow anti-Putin protest
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