MOSCOW Russian investigators on Saturday opened a criminal case against unidentified internet users calling for what authorities say is an illegal anti-government protest in central Moscow on Sunday.
The Moscow office of Russia`s Investigative Committee, which handles the country`s most serious crimes, said it had opened the case in response to the crime of "calling for mass unrest".
Russia has already blocked access to several Internet pages promoting the demonstrations, which would take place a year before a presidential election and a week after the biggest anti-government protests in years ended in hundreds of arrests.
Officials are working to establish the identity of those involved and the investigation is ongoing, it added.
(Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)
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