PHOTOS: Hundreds detained at anti-corruption rallies in Russia

Anti-corruption protests coinciding with Russia Day celebrations led to the arrest of hundreds in Russia

Updated on: Jun 13, 2017 11:26 AM IST

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Police detain a protester at an unauthorised rally In Moscow, Russia. Demonstrating against claims of endemic corruption among officials, gatherings led by opposition leader Alexei Navalny took place in various cities across Russia. An unauthorised last minute change in the protest gathering in central Moscow to the location of a Russia Day rally resulted in the detainment of hundreds by police. (Evgeny Feldmen/AP)

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Participants in a history festival taking place on Tverskaya street ride their horses through protesters during an unauthorized opposition rally in central Moscow, Russia. The Russia Day celebrations were crashed by anti-corruption protestors immediately followed by riot police. (Mladen Antonov/AFP)

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Demonstrators form a human chain during anti corruption rally in St.Petersburg, Russia. The protest gatherings in cities from Far East Pacific ports to St. Petersburg were spearheaded by Alexei Navalny, popular for using mediums like YouTube, Twitter and blogs to reach audiences. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)

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A participant takes a picture of riot police on Tverskaya street in central Moscow, Russia. Police rounded up demonstrators with slogans of ‘Shame!’, ‘Putin is a thief!’ and ‘Freedom to Navalny!’ ringing in the air. (Mladen Antonov/AFP)

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People play with a yellow duck toy, symbolizing PM Dmitry Medvedev’s luxury house for raising ducks, during an anti corruption rally in St.Petersburg, Russia. At least 300 people were arrested in St. Petersburg according to OVD-Info, an NGO that tracks arrests. (AP)

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny walks before hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, June 12, 2017. Navalny was arrested leaving his house headed to a protest (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

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Russian police officers detain a woman at an unauthorized opposition rally in Tverskaya street in central Moscow (Maxim Zmeyev/AFP)

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TOPSHOT - Russian police officers detain a participant of an unauthorized opposition rally in Saint Petersburg on June 12, 2017. Over 200 people were detained on June 12, 2017 by police at opposition protests called by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, said a Russian NGO tracking arrests. "About 121 people were detained in Moscow up to this point. In Saint-Petersburg - 137," OVD-Info group, which operates a detention hotline, wrote on Twitter. / AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA (Olga Maltseva/AFP)

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A protestor is pulled down from a lamp post during a demonstration in downtown Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny aimed to repeat the nationwide protests that rattled the Kremlin three months ago with this nationwide call. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

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Riot police stand guard next to children in strollers during an anti-corruption protest organised by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on Tverskaya Street in central Moscow, Russia. (Tatyana Makeyeva/REUTERS)