Police dispersed opposition campers from Chistye Prudy.
Police dispersed opposition campers from Chistye Prudy.
Riot police arrived at the camp at about 5 a.m.
The police gave the campers five minutes to leave the camp. The police then pushed the protesters towards the subway station.
Twenty people were detained.
Anti-Putin protesters decided to leave the site after the initial police intervention.
Photo: Ilya Yashin, bureau member of Solidarity democratic movement's Federal Political Council, and TV host, Ksenia Sobchak, talk to the police that cordoned off Chistoprudny Boulevard.
Photo: Ilya Yashin, bureau member of Solidarity democratic movement's Federal Political Council, and TV host, Ksenia Sobchak, talk to the police that cordoned off Chistoprudny Boulevard.
Later, the public park on Chistoprudny Boulevard was closed to the public, and the area around the Abai Kunanbayev monument was cleaned.
Later, the public park on Chistoprudny Boulevard was closed to the public, and the area around the Abai Kunanbayev monument was cleaned.
The Moscow Interior Ministry’s Press Service reported that order has been restored on the boulevard.
The Moscow Interior Ministry’s Press Service reported that order has been restored on the boulevard.
The Moscow Basmanny Court ruled for the prefecture of the Central Administrative Area and the police to take measures to stop the rally at Chistoprudny Boulevard, and restore order. On Tuesday, the campers were told that they must leave the area by noon on Wednesday.
