Police, Nationalists Clash As Russians Mark National Unity Day

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Police, Nationalists Clash As Russians Mark National Unity Day

Riot police and nationalist demonstrators clashed in Moscow on November 4 at an antigovernment demonstration coinciding with celebrations of Russia’s National Unity Day holiday.

Police detained several demonstrators in a crowd of nationalists who had gathered in southeastern Moscow for an annual Russian March that organizers called off almost as soon as it began after police refused to allow participants to carry banners.

Organizers said authorities had granted approval for banners at the demonstration. The city government had given official permission for the rally, and hundreds of participants had gathered for the event at the time police intervened.

Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-set-to-mark-peoples-unity-day/28834867.html