Moscow: 209 arrested protesting blogger's detention
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A total of 209 people were detained in central Moscow by early Friday, said the OVD-info watchdog that monitors arrests at opposition rallies. A police spokesman declined to immediately confirm the figure.
Police said 2,500 people rallied in Moscow to protest the verdict against Russia's top opposition leader who was sentenced to five years in a penal colony on embezzlement charges. Activists said up to 10,000 turned out. Navalny was found guilty of stealing £325,000-worth of wood while he was an adviser to a regional governor in 2009. (AFP)
