Russian police search office of Kremlin critic's foundation


  • World
  • Friday, 28 Apr 2017

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police on Thursday searched the Moscow offices of a pro-democracy movement founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky which is calling for big anti-government protests on Saturday, activists said.

Photographs posted on social media showed riot police outside the Moscow offices of the Open Russia Foundation. Maria Baronova, an activist, said on social media that police had confiscated 100,000 flyers promoting Saturday's protests.

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