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... Ploshchad was cleared because of complaints from residents about noise and uncleanliness. About 20 activists were arrested, but they were later released without citations, Interfax reported. About 40 protesters moved to Nikitsky Bulvar near the ITAR-TASS building, but the area was again cleared of protesters Saturday morning with new arrests. Remaining protesters converged on the pedestrian Arbat street, gathering near a statue of Soviet-era musician Bulat Okudzhava. Police arrived to clear the protesters...
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Hundreds of Arrests Set Grim Backdrop for Victory Day Celebrations
10 May 2012
By Howard Amos and Natalya Krainova and Ken Martinez
... again. At about 9:45 p.m., protest leaders Ilya Ponomaryov and Aleksei Navalny were seen in the midst of a crowd of cheerful supporters marching down Tverskaya Ulitsa towards Manezhnaya Ploshad. Sobchak and Navalny were detained outside the ITAR TASS agency building on Bolshaya Nikitskaya, in the rain, at about 10:30 p.m. Sobchak called her arrest illegal. "It was an absolutely illegal arrest. We didn't chant, we didn't stand with signs. I walked around town with a group of people...
A Day-by-Day Look at This Week's Protests
10 May 2012
By Jonathan Earle and Kevin O'Flynn and Howard Amos / The Moscow Times
.... The protesters then made their way to the Kitai-Gorod metro station, where riot police and at least a dozen police vans were waiting for them. After that, the people moved to the Pushkinskaya metro station and down to the headquarters of the Itar-Tass state news agency at Nikitskiye Gates. A group of riot police offers clustered around the front entrance, protecting the building. Later on, small groups of demonstrators dispersed themselves throughout the city, and the detentions continued as police...
Archived Live Blog: 'March of Millions' and People's Front Rally
6 May 2012
By Ezekiel Pfeifer / The Moscow Times
... were tarnished by fraud. 5:22 p.m., Photographer Dies After Fall From Balcony: A man attempting to photograph the opposition march from the balcony of an apartment building on Ulitsa Bolshaya Yakimanka fell to his death, Lenta.ru reported, citing Itar-Tass. He fell from the fifth or sixth floor and died on the scene from his wounds. The identity of the photographer has not yet been reported. This is the first death to occur at any of the opposition protests in recent months. 5:13 p.m., Journalists...
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