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Moscow police arrest hundreds at rally for fair elections

Russian police detain a protester in Moscow -- one of hundreds arrested at a demonstration demanding free and fair elections

Russian police arrested more than 300 people as they gathered in Moscow on Saturday to demand free and fair elections, a monitor said, following a crackdown on the opposition.

The rally comes a week after the capital's biggest demonstration in years, when some 22,000 people protested the authorities' decision to block opposition candidates from standing for the city council in September.

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