(31 Jul 2010)
1. Wide of square
2. Wide shot of policemen in a truck
3. Mid shot tilt down Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov handing out leaflets
4. Nemtsov walks down street, police running after him and grab him
5. Nemtsov in police bus, zoom out to media around the bus
6. Mid shot pan people holding pieces of paper with "31" written on it, police detaining them
7. Wide of man chanting from police bus (Russian) "Russia Forever! Russia does not give up!"
8. Police line, pan to policeman talking through loudspeaker, saying the action is not sanctioned and asking people to leave
9. Wide shot pan of protesters being detained, people chanting "Freedom!"
10. Mid of protesters, one of them holding piece of paper with "31" written on it
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yuri Samodurov, human rights activist:
"Medvedev, as liberal leader, as a person who want to position himself as a leader of the country with democratic vector of development, does not exist anymore. There is no difference between Medvedev and Putin."
12. Wide of police
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexey Stepanenko, protestor:
"The authorities have occupied this country. There are no elections, no law, no court rule, no civil rights. This is why people come here. I am not a politician and the majority of people gathered here are not politicians either. We do not pursue our own political goals here."
14. Wide of protest
STORYLINE:
Russian police arrested a leading Kremlin opponent and dozens of fellow activists on Saturday at a demonstration demanding freedom of
assembly.
Several hundred protesters gathered in a Moscow square chanting "freedom! Freedom!" at the rally city authorities tried to ban.
Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was dragged to a police car and driven away. The rally had barely started. Three or four others appeared to have been detained.
Police spokesman Viktor Biryukov said he wasn't sure how many people had been detained in total, but human rights advocate Lev Ponomaryov said there were as many as 30 arrests.
Police encircled the remaining protesters, who defiantly held aloft signs reading "31" to symbolise their movement, Strategy 31.
The name refers to a plan by Kremlin opponents to hold such rallies on the last day of each month with 31 days - a nod to the Constitution's Article 31 guaranteeing the right to peaceful assembly.
Moscow authorities rarely give permission for the rallies, often saying another group had requested the same site for a different event.
On Saturday, there was an automobile show on the square.
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