Dozens detained in Moscow as opposition demands to be included in vote

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Posted by: Cornelia Stefoglu

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15 July 2019 / 08:23

Dozens detained in Moscow as opposition demands to be included in vote

Police in Moscow detained more than 25 protestors at a rally to demonstrate against a possible ban on opposition candidates running in elections to the Russian capital’s parliament, Reuters reports.

Opposition leaders cried foul after Moscow’s election commission said most of their sponsored candidates failed to secure the required number of signatures to participate in the election.

The commission has yet to officially announce the list of legitimate candidates for the Sept. 8 vote to the 45-seat parliament.

Ilya Yashin, a critic of President Vladimir Putin, and several other activists had called for a meeting with the voters on Sunday, an event, which transformed into a march to the Moscow city mayor office and then to the headquarters of the election commission.

Yashin said earlier on Sunday the election commission’s allegation that many of the signatures supporting him were rigged was an “absolute fraud”.

A police spokesman said more than 25 people, including some organizers of the protest, were detained in the center of Moscow. “They have not responded to police’s command to stop their actions. They are being bussed to police stations for further inquiries,” a spokesman said.

The participants shouted anti-government and anti-Putin slogans, urging the authorities to register their candidates.

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