- 9:18 p.m. — This video shot by a drone shows the location of tonight's protest.
- 9:14 p.m. — Eyewitnesses on the scene are now reporting that Manezh Square has been cleared. Any remaining protesters are being pushed into a nearby metro station by riot police.
Seems there are more riot police than people now. Even press telling police to cool it. pic.twitter.com/MEZ2OzYNcc @openrussia_org #Manezhka- 8:58 p.m.
- 8:46 p.m.
- 8:44 p.m. — More reports of journalists being detained by the police.
Aider Muzhdabaev arrested too. Deputy editor in chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets pic.twitter.com/xjkFhimCPC- 8:40 p.m.
- 8:39 p.m.
Yevgeny Fyodorov’s right-wing “NOD" group unfurls its flag at Manezh. What a mess. pic.twitter.com/zbnuGxgdQP- 8:38 p.m.
Happy new year from Moscow riot police pic.twitter.com/wXByTQ9W9I- 8:34 p.m. — Journalists also appear to have been detained by the police.
- 8:13 p.m. — Throughout the evening, there have been reports of anti-Navalny provocateurs on Manezh Square, known in Russian as 'Titushki.' This photo purports to show some of them.
- 7:49 p.m. — As the number of arrests appears to rise, some on the scene are having trouble tweeting. Moscow's two-digit sub-zero temperatures are tough on human fingertips as well as on smartphones and tablets.
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