Russia jails protests leader for 15 days

    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed for 15 days for resisting police orders during mass protests on Sunday.

Navalny was one of hundreds of people who were detained across the country in connection with the rallies.

   According to reports, the court in Moscow earlier fined him the minimum $350 dollars for organising the banned protests.
Earlier today  the Kremlin accused the opposition of encouraging law breaking and provoking violence.
   The allegations were the main reason behind Sunday's protests, which drew thousands of demonstrators nationwide, including in St Petersburg, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and several other cities, as well as Moscow.