Moscow police arrest hundreds at rally for fair elections ~ AJJ News

Saturday 27 July 2019

Moscow police arrest hundreds at rally for fair elections

July 27, 2019

Russian police arrested more than 300 people as they gathered in Moscow on Saturday to demand free and fair elections, a monitor said, following a crackdown on the opposition. The rally comes a week after the capital's biggest demonstration in years, when some 22,000 people protested the authorities' decision to block opposition candidates from standing for the city council in September. Investigators raided the homes and headquarters of several disqualified candidates in the run-up to the fresh rally on Saturday.