* Putin easily won re-election in March
* Due to be inaugurated for a fourth term on Monday
* Opponents liken him to autocratic tsar
* Supporters laud him as father of the nation
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and around 1,600 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.
Navalny had called for demonstrations in more than 90 towns and cities across Russia against what he says is Putin’s autocratic, tsar-like rule.
Before his detention, he briefly addressed supporters in central Moscow, leading them in chants of ‘Down …read more
Source: Gulf times
