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Russian police arrest dozens of anti-Putin protesters

Police detain an elderly activist during an anti-Putin rally in St Petersburg on Saturday

More than 100 activists were arrested in St Petersburg on Saturday as hundreds of Russians turned out to protest President Vladimir Putin's expected candidacy in elections next year.

Demonstrators rallied across several cities under the slogan We're sick of him.

The protests were called by the Open Russia movement founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

About 200 people gathered in central St Petersburg, according to AFP news agency. OVD-Info, which monitors political repression, said more than 110 protesters were hauled away by riot police.

Police officers ended the actions of 100 people who continued to trouble the public order, St Petersburg police said, without confirming if they had been arrested.

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