Russian police detain hundreds at Moscow protest

Russian police have arrested at least 828 people attending an unauthorised protest in the country's capital, Moscow, to demand free elections, according to a monitoring group.
Phalanxes of helmeted riot police linked arms and swept people away on Saturday as activists gathered on Pushkin Square to rally against the exclusion of independent and opposition candidates from the Moscow city council election.
Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from the Russian capital.

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