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Moscow crackdown in pictures

News imageReuters Protesters in Moscow, 27 JulyReuters
Hundreds of people turned out in Moscow on Saturday for a banned rally in protest at the exclusion of opposition candidates from local elections in September

Images from Moscow where police made more than 1,000 arrests in one of the biggest crackdowns on an opposition rally in years.

News imageAFP Protesters in Moscow, 27 JulyAFP
"Stop lying to us," read one placard
News imageReuters Security forces block street in Moscow, 27 JulyReuters
Security forces tried to block their way to city hall
News imageReuters Police and protesters in Moscow, 27 JulyReuters
They struggled to keep demonstrators from pulling down barriers
News imageAFP Police and protesters in Moscow, 27 JulyAFP
Batons were drawn as the two sides faced off
News imageAFP Police and protesters in Moscow, 27 JulyAFP
A number of people were hurt - here National Guardsmen help an injured man during the rally
News imageAFP Police and protesters in Moscow, 27 JulyAFP
One by one, protesters were taken away
News imageAFP Police and protesters in Moscow, 27 JulyAFP
They were being taken to police stations
News imageReuters Police and protesters in Moscow, 27 JulyReuters
By evening more than 1,000 people had been detained
News imageReuters Russian President Vladimir Putin in a submersible in the Gulf of Finland, 27 JulyReuters
President Vladimir Putin was out of town on a trip under the Baltic Sea in a submersible, to see the wreck of a WW2 submarine

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