RUSSIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD A RALLY IN MOSCOW
Former Russian prime minister and Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov (L), leader of the radical National Bolshevik Party Eduard Limonov, (C) and former chess champion Garry Kasparov (R) speaks with reporters during a rally in Moscow on December 16, 2006. Russian opposition parties rallied on Saturday to protest recent electoral law changes and to challenge President Vladimir Putin, but their demonstration in central Moscow was dwarfed by riot police. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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All protesters arrested at Moscow's year-end rally highlighting freedom of assembly have been released, the Interior Ministry said.
The leader of an unregistered political party and 30 other people were released Saturday after their arrest at a Moscow protest rally, authorities said.
Moscow police arrested opposition leader Eduard Limonov and 20 followers at an unauthorized rally Monday.
The leader of Russia's banned National Bolshevik Party and 46 other Moscow protesters have been arrested, sources say.
Former chess champion Garry Kasparov was among 90 people arrested Sunday during an unsanctioned political rally in Moscow, police said.
Twenty-five Bolshevik activists were detained in Moscow Saturday for allegedly trying to hold an unapproved rally under the guise of a wedding, police said.
Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov has been released from custody, a member of the United Civil Front said Thursday.
Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, stopped an unauthorized protest Sunday, detaining dozens of protesters who allegedly clashed with them.
Nashi, a Russian youth group working on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, promotes Putin and calls his rivals fascists, The New York Times reported.
