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Nearly 100 Arrested in Moscow Journalist Protest, Monitoring Group Says

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   Russian police have detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny and
   nearly 100 other people at a Moscow protest calling for retribution
   against police who allegedly framed a high-profile journalist, a
   monitoring group said.

   The OVD-Info group, which monitors political arrests, said police
   detained at least 94 people on Tuesday, some of them by force.

   The unauthorized rally follows a surprise police decision to drop
   charges against journalist Ivan Golunov, who was charged last week with
   drug dealing after police claimed to have found drugs in his apartment.
   Golunov, who earned a reputation for exposing corrupt Moscow city
   officials, has denied the allegations.
   

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