Russian police have detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny and over 1000 protestors at a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin in central Moscow. Thousands of demonstrators denouncing Putin’s upcoming inauguration into a fourth term gathered on Saturday in the capital’s Pushkin Square. Reuters Policemen detain opposition supporters during a protest ahead of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration ceremony in Moscow. “We will force the authorities, made up of swindlers and thieves, to take into account the millions of citizens who did not vote for Putin,” Navalny said beforehand. It cited its own sources at the Moscow protest as saying pro-Kremlin Cossacks had beaten protesters with leather whips, sparking a fight.

Source: Huffington Post May 05, 2018 16:10 UTC