The number of activists detained by Russian police at anti-Putin protests across the country on Sunday has increased to 380, a monitoring group said.

"We know of 380 detained. 13 were detained in Saint Petersburg and 346 in Moscow, who were taken to 19 police stations," said OVD-Info, a rights group that monitors detentions at political protests. Moscow police said previously they had detained 260 people.

source: AFP