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Anti riot police blocks access in Moscow's centre, as thousands of supporters of Alexei Navalny gather of Moscow to protest his detention and back calls for the hunger-striking Kremlin critic to be given proper medical care. IMAGES
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is detained at a Moscow airport shortly after he lands on a flight from Berlin. IMAGES
Russian police detain over 100 people after Kremlin critics gathered for a protest in central Moscow to protest controversial changes to the constitution, the OVD-Info monitor said. The group, which tracks arrests at protests, say 103 people have been detained. Many people including journalists were put in police vans, AFP correspondents reported from the scene. IMAGES
Russian police arrest opposition supporters for beginning an unauthorised protest after almost 50,000 opposition supporters rallied in Moscow at one of the largest police-authorised protests since President Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin in 2012. IMAGES
Police arrest protesters during opposition rally in Moscow. Police in Moscow have so far detained 194 people, including six journalists. The protest 'strolls' along the Russian capital's boulevards were called following the authorities' refusal to grant permission for a rally. IMAGES of the arrests