Moscow Monument at Site of Weekend's Anti-Corruption Protests 'Closed for Restoration'

A monument in Moscow, which was located at the site of a large anti-corruption protest over the weekend, was closed for “restoration work” on March 29, Interfax reported, and was not expected to reopen until September 2017.

The monument to Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, situated on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street, was seen in a number of videos captured on March 26 as thousands of people participated in a protest led by Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, demanding the resignation of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who has been accused of corruption by accumulating funds for assets through charities and NGOs.

Navalny was arrested on March 26 for leading the unauthorised protests, which took place in several cities across Russia, and was sentenced on March 28 to 15 days in jail, and fined 20,000 rubles ($352). Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Storyful