Russian opposition activist Igor Berezyuk has been charged with instigating mass disturbances, provoking race hate and using violence against police, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Berezyuk faces up to 10 years in prison for his suspected role in violent protests on Moscow's central Manezh Square in December.
The Russian capital saw its biggest public disturbances for almost a decade when a 5,000-strong crowd of nationalists and football hooligans clashed with police on the square.
The clash was followed on December 15 by further disturbances as ethnic Russians and internal migrants gathered for a confrontation near a major train terminal in Moscow. Rioters also gathered in St. Petersburg and many other Russian cities.
MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti)
