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Prominent opposition activist arrested in Moscow ahead of protest



MOSCOW: Police have detained Lyubov Sobol, a prominent opposition activist, ahead of the planned protest in Moscow demanding free elections.

Thousands of Russian opposition protesters are expected to try and rally again in Moscow on Saturday despite a sweeping police crackdown and ban on the event, Reuters reported.

Sobol, who is on hunger strike, was detained in a taxi as she tried to make her way to the protest and driven off in a police van.

Publish Date : 03 August 2019 18:46 PM

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