MOSCOW: About 1,000 Russians braved pouring rain in Moscow on Aug 26 to demonstrate against the government’s moves to tighten controls on Internet use, with police arresting about a dozen protesters.
Shouting slogans such as “Russia will be free” and “Russia without censorship”, the protesters were escorted by several police officers, in a march authorised by local authorities.
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