Twenty people have been detained near Moscow’s World Trade Center, where President Putin has been holding a press conference. Thirty-five protesters gathered half an hour beforehand, but were detained minutes later for an unsanctioned gathering.
Более 10 человек задержали у метро "Выставочная" Хотели альтернативные вопросы Путину задать pic.twitter.com/wq62hKVX8m
— Грани.ру (@GraniTweet) 18 декабря 2014
According to the Meduza news portal, the protesters did not hold signs or shout slogans.
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The gathering was announced by journalist Evgeniy Levkovich on
his Facebook page. He called on protesters to gather to ask the
questions he believed “would not be voiced” at the press
conference.
The idea was to see how many people showed up.
акция закончилась pic.twitter.com/3pyeaBK0Vc
— туровский (@danya_turovsky) 18 декабря 2014