a few seconds agoRussia protests on pension reform, about 300 arrested
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Thousands took to the streets to challenge the unpopular law that increases the age of layoffs. Hundreds of protesters were arrested by police in Russia for participating in demonstrations against increased retirement age, organised by the opposition of Alexei Navalny. The news was reported by the Ovd-Info human rights protection organization. [...]
Hundreds of protesters were arrested by police in Russia for participating in demonstrations against increased retirement age, organised by the opposition of Alexei Navalny.
The news was reported by the Ovd-Info human rights protection organization.
According to activists, 58 were arrested in Ekaterinburg, 43 in Omsk, 28 in Krasnodar, 24 in St Petersburg, 20 in Tever, 17 in Ufa, 14 in Khabarovsk, 13 in Tomsk, 10 in Novosibirsk, 9 in Moscow and 9 in Chelyabinsk.
