5 Jul 2013 21:03

Police break up Moscow demo against Academy of Sciences reform - spokesman

MOSCOW. July 5 (Interfax) - Police cut a demonstration against the planned reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences short in the center of Moscow on Friday and arrested five of the demonstrators, the city police authorities said.

The detainees were taken to a police station and might face minor penalties, a spokesman for the authorities told Interfax.

According to another law enforcement source, the arrests were made near the State Duma headquarters.