An unauthorized rally was broken up by Moscow police on Wednesday, with between 30 and 40 ultranationalist marchers detained. Held to coincide with National Unity Day, the event has previously been co-organized by Alexey Navalny.
While the protest, known as the ‘Russian March’, has become an annual fixture for the far-right, Moscow city officials this year refused to grant the necessary permits for it to take place, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The promoters had also sought to secure support for a simultaneous march in Nizhny Novgorod, another large city some 400km east of the capital, which was similarly turned down.
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