Police in Moscow have detained more than 300 people at a Muslim prayer room in the Russian capital -- including 170 foreigners -- the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website reports today (June 7, 2013).
Police did not say why the people had been detained during the police action on June 7.
Police did say that Islamist literature had been confiscated to check for extremist content.
The raid comes after President Vladimir Putin ordered a crackdown on radical Islamists ahead of next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi. Putin told a meeting of security force officers earlier on June 7 that the "fight against corruption, crime, and the insurgency has to be carried out harshly and consistently."
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