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Russian police on Saturday arrested several protesters rallying against President Vladimir Putin ahead of his inauguration.At least 15 people including a journalist were detained in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, according to an independent monitoring group. “Detentions were conducted in a rough manner,” said the monitor OVD-Info.
An additional ten protesters were arrested in southern Siberian city of Barnaul, according to opposition leader Navalny’s team.
‘He is not our tsar’
Navalny, who was blocked from running in the March presidential election, has called for Russians to protest Putin’s fourth term as president. He tweeted images of protests forming on Saturday.
“Craven old man Putin thinks he is a tsar,” the opposition leader said in another tweet ahead of the protests. “But he is not our tsar.”