Brutal scenes as Moscow riot police clash with 8,000 protestors shouting ‘Russia without Putin’

Hundreds of Russians including Progress Party leader Alexei Navalny were arrested today as thousands defied bans to stage anti-corruption protests across the country.

Navalny called for the marches after publishing a detailed report this month accusing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of controlling a property empire through a shadowy network of nonprofit organisations.

The report has been viewed over 11 million times on YouTube but so far Medvedev has made no comment on the claims.

Source: Brutal scenes as Moscow riot police clash with protestors | Daily Mail Online