Moscow police break up anti-government protest

Sun, 12 Dec 2010

Moscow - Police in Moscow on Sunday broke up a peaceful, thought not pre-approved, demonstration by anti-government protesters, making numerous arrests, according to the news agency Interfax.

The opposition supporters wanted to use a so-called "Day of Anger" to protest in front of the city's town hall, police said.

At another demonstration in St Petersburg, around 1,000 people demanded the release of jailed Russian oil billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

He is accused of stealing 218 million tons of oil during his time as head of the now defunct Yukos oil giant and is currently serving an eight-year jail sentence on tax-evasion charges.

Observers, both inside and outside the country, have criticized his trial as politically motivated.

The judge in the case is due to start delivering his verdict on Wednesday.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/357806,police-break-anti-government-protest.html.