Russia: new opposition unity before arrests

Russian police have arrested leading opponents of President Vladimir Putin who were protesting in Moscow.

Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov were detained even though they claimed they had not been breaking the law.

The opposition's application for a mass demonstration had been turned down by city hall. So they claimed to be staging individual protests which are not banned.

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