MOSCOW: Around 200 people demonstrated in Moscow on Saturday against Russia’s campaign of air strikes in Syria, with one protester arrested by police.
The rally by people mainly in their 50s and 60s in a small central park passed off amid tight security as the authorities threw up a strong security cordon.
The demonstrators oppose Moscow’s decision to carry out air strikes which began targeting assorted Syrian rebel groups on September 30.
One opposition party, Solidarnost, had called for a protest — but the majority of those who showed up wore pacifist badges rather than any suggesting political allegiance.
Less than an hour into …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
