150 held over pension protests in Russia
Thousands of supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny have protested across Russia against planned increases to the pension age, with a rights group saying at least 153 of them had been detained by the police.
The protests were a challenge to the authorities who were hoping for a high turnout at regional elections, also being held on Sunday, despite widespread anger over the pension move.
“The authorities are not listening to people and that means it’s time to take to the streets,” Navalny’s team said in a pre-protest statement.
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