VLADIVOSTOK (Russia) - RIOT police have beaten and detained dozens of people who gathered for a holiday celebration in Russia's largest Pacific port.
The incident in Vladivostok comes one day after hundreds rallied to protest a government decision to increase car import tariffs.
Police on Sunday thwarted a second attempt to hold protests.
Later, riot police broke up a gathering of around 500 people who were singing and dancing around a decorated holiday tree on a central square. Dozens of men and women, including some journalists, were arrested, some beaten with truncheons.
More rallies are set for Sunday in what are expected to be the largest anti-government demonstrations in years. -- AP
