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Around 200 detained at Moscow anti-Putin protest: Report

Russian police on Sunday detained at least 200 activists gathering in central Moscow for an unauthorised protest against President Vladimir Putin, TASS state news agency reported citing a police source.

Around 200 detained at Moscow anti-Putin protest: Report File photo

Moscow: Russian police on Sunday detained at least 200 activists gathering in central Moscow for an unauthorised protest against President Vladimir Putin, TASS state news agency reported citing a police source.

"Currently the number of detained has reached 200," the police source said after supporters of a banned radical opposition group gathered in central Moscow beside the Kremlin walls.