Kiev authorities detained 77 people who they said were planning to participate in a torch procession
commemorating Ukrainian wartime Nazi SS fighters.Police made the arrests Saturday following a ruling last Friday by the Kiev District Court banning the march, planned for Sunday in downtown Kiev. Police said they also discovered a cab in downtown Kiev carrying the Nazi
insignia, torches and fireworks. An investigation is under way.
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