Russia protests: More than 1,000 detained, monitoring group says
Source: CNN
By Matthew Chance, Darya Tarasova and Nathan Hodge, CNN
Updated 1115 GMT (1915 HKT) September 10, 2018
(CNN) - Police in Russia detained at least 1,018 people in nationwide protests against a proposed government pension overhaul Sunday, a Russian independent monitoring group said.
Protesters gathered in cities around Russia to rally against a government proposal to raise the country's retirement age. The protests were organized by supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is under administrative arrest for organizing an unsanctioned rally in the capital in January.
The crackdown was heaviest in Russia's second largest city, St. Petersburg, according to independent local media and OVD-Info, a nonprofit organization that monitors detentions. The group said at least 452 people were detained in the city.
Images from the St. Petersburg protests quickly went viral. A local photographer, David Frenkel, confirmed to CNN that he had captured two particularly arresting images: the detention of a school-age boy and an older pensioner.
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for Putin to steal from his constituents. 
Protesting in Russia can cost you a long time in "corrective custody". I feel sorry for them. Their corrupt leader actually is a dictator. Ours just thinks he is, but is doing untold damage, nonetheless.
