Moscow Police Detain More Than 800 at Protest, Monitor Says

Moscow Police Detain More Than 800 at Protest, Monitor Says
Police officers detain a protestor during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 3, 2019. Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo
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MOSCOW—Protesters once again took to the streets of Moscow Saturday Aug. 3, decrying the exclusion of some independent and opposition candidates for upcoming city council election that has shaken up Russia’s political scene.

Moscow police detained more than 800 protesters Saturday, an arrest monitoring group and the Russian Interior Ministry said, a week after authorities arrested nearly 1,400 people at a similar protest.