Russia Anti-putin Protests

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and more than 1,000 anti-Kremlin activists were detained by police on Saturday during street protests against Vladimir Putin ahead of his inauguration for a fourth term as president.

Russian police detained dozens of protesters on Monday outside a Moscow courthouse where a judge was expected to sentence eight defendants convicted of attacking police at a 2012 demonstration against President Vladimir Putin.

Thousands of Russian opposition activists marched through Moscow decrying President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule and calling for the release of people they consider political prisoners.

Russian investigators opened criminal proceedings against a prominent leader of protests against President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, saying a documentary on a pro-Kremlin TV channel showed evidence Sergei Udaltsov had plotted mass disorder.

Russian police detained more than 100 people on Sunday, including leaders of the largest protest movement against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, as hundreds rallied against him weeks after his re-election to the presidency.

Russian police on Saturday arrested dozens of people as they broke up opposition rallies in Saint Petersburg and in Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga, an AFP correspondent and activists said.

Tens of thousands of Russians jammed a Moscow avenue to demand free elections and an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, in the largest show of public outrage since the protests 20 years ago that brought down the Soviet Union. Gone was the political apathy of recent years as many shouted "We are the Power!"

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and more than 1,000 anti-Kremlin activists were detained by police on Saturday during street protests against Vladimir Putin ahead of his inauguration for a fourth term as president.

Russian police detained dozens of protesters on Monday outside a Moscow courthouse where a judge was expected to sentence eight defendants convicted of attacking police at a 2012 demonstration against President Vladimir Putin.

Thousands of Russian opposition activists marched through Moscow decrying President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule and calling for the release of people they consider political prisoners.

Russian investigators opened criminal proceedings against a prominent leader of protests against President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, saying a documentary on a pro-Kremlin TV channel showed evidence Sergei Udaltsov had plotted mass disorder.

Russian police detained more than 100 people on Sunday, including leaders of the largest protest movement against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, as hundreds rallied against him weeks after his re-election to the presidency.

Russian police on Saturday arrested dozens of people as they broke up opposition rallies in Saint Petersburg and in Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga, an AFP correspondent and activists said.

Tens of thousands of Russians jammed a Moscow avenue to demand free elections and an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, in the largest show of public outrage since the protests 20 years ago that brought down the Soviet Union. Gone was the political apathy of recent years as many shouted "We are the Power!"