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Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov arrested in Moscow
The demonstrators gathered today to protest Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory
Russian opposition leader arrested as as thousands protest in Moscow against Putin's return to Kremlin
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 14:50 EST, 10 March 2012 | UPDATED: 15:07 EST, 10 March 2012
Police officers detained opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov after thousands of protesters flocked to a central Moscow avenue today to demand Vladimir Putin's resignation amid allegations of electoral fraud.
The rally had been widely seen as a test of whether the opposition is able to maintain its strength after Prime Minister Putin won a return to the Kremlin.
Putin, Russia's president from 2000 to 2008, had to step down in 2008 to avoid the terms' limitations. He won 64 per cent of the vote last Sunday and is set to stay in the Kremlin for the next six years.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2113146/Russian-opposition-leader-arrested-as-thousands-protest-Moscow-Putins-return-Kremlin.html#ixzz1ol95o85l
