- 9:18 p.m. — This video shot by a drone shows the location of tonight's protest.
http://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/549992907789565954
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin)Tue, Dec 30 2014 18:18:22- 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.
- The square is now deserted, the riot police have pushed the protesters into the underground passages leading to the subway station.
http://twitter.com/NatVasilyevaAP/status/549991975056076801
— Nataliya Vasilyeva (@NatVasilyevaAP)Tue, Dec 30 2014 18:14:39
Seems there are more riot police than people now. Even press telling police to cool it. pic.twitter.com/MEZ2OzYNcc @openrussia_org #Manezhkahttp://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/status/549987995697168384
— Paula Chertok (@PaulaChertok)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:58:51- Surrounded by omon . Think theyre pushing us into metro
http://twitter.com/RolandOliphant/status/549992314417213442
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant)Tue, Dec 30 2014 18:16:00 - 8:58 p.m.
- Police wishes demonstrators a happy new year as they kindly push them around. Surreal. And kind of cute.
http://twitter.com/obk/status/549987915838017538
— Olaf Koens (@obk)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:58:32 - 8:46 p.m.
http://twitter.com/sevakritskiy/status/549984946912514048
— Vsevolod Kritskiy (@sevakritskiy)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:46:44- 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/xjkFhimCPChttp://twitter.com/obk/status/549984310930186240
— Olaf Koens (@obk)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:44:12- 8:40 p.m.
- can feel pepper spray in the air #moscow
http://twitter.com/ilyamuz/status/549983315844161537
— Ilya Mouzykantskii (@ilyamuz)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:40:15 - 8:39 p.m.
Yevgeny Fyodorov’s right-wing “NOD" group unfurls its flag at Manezh. What a mess. pic.twitter.com/zbnuGxgdQPhttp://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/549983047584858113
— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:39:11- 8:38 p.m.
- Crowd is mostly under 40, the atmosphere very tense, determined. These ppl risk spending New Year's Eve in jail.
http://twitter.com/NatVasilyevaAP/status/549982842261090304
— Nataliya Vasilyeva (@NatVasilyevaAP)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:38:22
Happy new year from Moscow riot police pic.twitter.com/wXByTQ9W9Ihttp://twitter.com/EvgenyFeldman/status/549982952197988352
— Feldman (@EvgenyFeldman)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:38:48- 8:34 p.m. — Journalists also appear to have been detained by the police.
- Detained at rally just outside Ritz. Passport, accreditation taken away
http://twitter.com/kolyandr/status/549981852657025025
— Alexander Kolyandr (@kolyandr)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:34:26 - My esteemed colleague @kolyandr just got arrested for some reason. He's an accredited journalist. Shame.
http://twitter.com/obk/status/549980018835992577
— Olaf Koens (@obk)Tue, Dec 30 2014 17:27:09 - 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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