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
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"Stop lying to us," read one placard
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Security forces tried to block their way to city hall
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They struggled to keep demonstrators from pulling down barriers
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Batons were drawn as the two sides faced off
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A number of people were hurt - here National Guardsmen help an injured man during the rally
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One by one, protesters were taken away
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They were being taken to police stations
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By evening more than 1,000 people had been detained
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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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