Around 700 people, some armed with stun guns and knives, were arrested in central Moscow on Wednesday evening as police mounted a massive operation to prevent new race-hate disorder
© RIA Novosti . Алексей Куденко / Go to the mediabankAround 700 people, some armed with stun guns and knives, were arrested in central Moscow on Wednesday evening as police mounted a massive operation to prevent new race-hate disorder
Around 700 people, some armed with stun guns and knives, were arrested in central Moscow on Wednesday evening as police mounted a massive operation to prevent new race-hate disorder
© RIA Novosti . Алексей Куденко / Go to the mediabankOver 3,000 riot police were on duty at Europa Square, near the capital's Kievsky train station, after reports that nationalists and migrants from Russia's North Caucasus were planning to clash.
Over 3,000 riot police were on duty at Europa Square, near the capital's Kievsky train station, after reports that nationalists and migrants from Russia's North Caucasus were planning to clash.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Фомичев / Go to the mediabankThe square was cordoned off by riot police and cars were diverted from the area.
The square was cordoned off by riot police and cars were diverted from the area.
© RIA Novosti . Андрей СтенинPolice eventually managed to disperse the crowd.
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Police eventually managed to disperse the crowd.
© RIA Novosti . Андрей Стенин Groups of youths chanting nationalist slogans tried to close off a nearby street.
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Groups of youths chanting nationalist slogans tried to close off a nearby street.
© RIA Novosti . Алексей Куденко / Go to the mediabankAll those detained were taken to the nearest police station for further investigation.
All those detained were taken to the nearest police station for further investigation.
© RIA Novosti . Андрей Стенин / Go to the mediabankOMON police officers detaining suspects on Moscow's Kievsky Rail Terminal square.
OMON police officers detaining suspects on Moscow's Kievsky Rail Terminal square.
© RIA Novosti . Андрей СтенинThe developments came after the Russian capital saw its biggest public disturbances for almost a decade on Saturday as a 5,000-strong crowd of nationalists and football hooligans clashed with police near Red Square. Rioters also attacked people from the country's North Caucasus region.
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The developments came after the Russian capital saw its biggest public disturbances for almost a decade on Saturday as a 5,000-strong crowd of nationalists and football hooligans clashed with police near Red Square. Rioters also attacked people from the country's North Caucasus region.
© RIA Novosti . Андрей Стенин / Go to the mediabankPresident Dmitry Medvedev called the disorder, which was triggered by the death of a football fan in a mass brawl with North Caucasus migrants, a threat to the very stability of the Russian state. In the photo: Riot police cars near the Kievsky railway station.
President Dmitry Medvedev called the disorder, which was triggered by the death of a football fan in a mass brawl with North Caucasus migrants, a threat to the very stability of the Russian state. In the photo: Riot police cars near the Kievsky railway station.