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Moscow police detain 68 anti-Kremlin protesters

MOSCOW  — Moscow police detained 68 people during anti-Kremlin protests that drew hundreds of people on Friday. Police said about 50 were detained at a similar protest in St. Petersburg.
In Moscow, an opposition group had city permission to hold a rally on one corner of a central square and it took place peacefully, with its leaders dressed as Father Frost and the Snow Maiden.
Helmeted riot police detained people gathering elsewhere on the square, including prominent opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov and Ilya Yashin.