| The Yabloko press service reported on 27 July that
two members of the party were taken to a hospital following a rally outside
FSB headquarters in Moscow, Ekho Moskvy and Interfax reported. The two
injured, Irina Vorobeva and Aleksei Kozhin, are members of the party's
youth wing, and one of them is reportedly in serious condition.
According to Ekho Moskvy, a detachment of Interior Ministry special
forces (OMON) personnel initially detained 10 journalists who were covering
the event and later released them. An unspecified number of Yabloko activists
were also detained and are reportedly being threatened with 15 days' detention.
According to Interfax, the demonstration was not sanctioned by authorities.
Last month, police reportedly used violence against demonstrators in another
unsanctioned protest in Moscow.
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