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speaker Sergei Bulichev, a close ally of Kaliningrad region"s Governor Georgy Boos is among those who could be affected, the paper said."In Moscow, demonstrations are dispersed by riot police, we have not done this. Is this the governor"s fault?" a local government official was quoted by Kommersant as saying.
On Sunday, Moscow police detained some 100 human rights activists, who gathered for an unsanctioned rally in downtown Moscow, which involved some 200 protesters. The leader of the opposition movement The Other Russia, Eduard Limonov, former Russian deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov and head of the Memorial human rights group Oleg Orlov were among the detained.
In a similar crackdown on protesters on Moscow"s Triumfalnaya Square just hours before New Year"s, Moscow police arrested about 50 people, including the 82-year-old head of the Moscow Helsinki group, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, prompting criticism from the U.S. and European human rights organizations.