Russian Court Authorizes Detention of Two Anti-Putin Protesters
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A Moscow court ordered the detention of two participants in a protest against President Vladimir Putin while investigators probe them on charges that carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Businessman Maxim Luzyanin and Andrei Barabanov, an unemployed man, are suspected of taking part in mass disturbances and using violence against police officers, the Investigative Committee said in a statement on its website. Moscow’s Basmannyi district court late yesterday ordered the two men to be detained until July 6, a court spokeswoman Ekaterina Korotova said by phone today.