'MOSCOW -- Russian police detained almost 150 people in Moscow protesting recently approved constitutional changes that could allow President Vladimir Putin to serve two more terms until 2036.
OVD-Info, an independent political watchdog, said at least 147 protesters were detained on July 15. Some were later released.
A correspondent for Current Time, the Russian-language network led by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA, witnessed police dragging protesters on the asphalt, and one of them was pulled by the hair into a police van.
Among those detained were Andrei Pivovarov, the executive director of the human rights group Open Russia, and Yulia Galyamina, a prominent municipal deputy, and her daughter.'
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More Than 140 Detained In Anti-Putin Protests In Moscow, July 15, 2020
ContextRussia's regions are in revolt