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Lexus Dome | immersive digital installation from SILA SVETA on Vimeo.

Lexus Dome is a public space in Moscow City district, a shiny and kind of extraneous area of skyscrapers, with an interactive installation by Sila Sveta studio. Lexus Dome opened June 1st in celebration of the launch of Lexus LC 500. The project was realized by Action markenting agency in collaboration with Dentsu Aegis Network and Sila Sveta. The public space will be open to public till the end of December 2017.

Full story: en.silasveta.com/work/lexus-dome Highlights and process: behance.net/gallery/57407575/Lexus-Dome 360 journey: vimeo.com/243640575 The space: lexusdome.ru/en

Sila Sveta Team: Creative Directors Alexander Us, Ilya Balakin Art Directors Ilya Balakin, Philat Matveev Technical Director Dmitry Petrov Producer Yana Zakharova Production Director Vadim Vinogorov Executive Producers Alexey Rozov, Alexander Us Supervisor Denis Sidorenko Concept Artists Stas Bashkatov, Ekaterina Konovalova, Tatyana Kazakova Designers Anton Nguyen, Sergey Akulyonok, Darya Shurkina, Inna Savina, Zoya Kharakoz, Denis Sidorenko, Artemy Perevertin, Alexey Churochkin, Maxim Meshkov, Madina Fattahova, Yaroslav Svyatykh Video Engineer Maxim Tulin Software Developer Ivan Kabalin Engineering solutions Vladimir Popilin Technical Production Sergey Zakharov, Dmitry Lobov, Pavel Ivaschenko, Evgeny Ivaschenko, Mikhail Portnov, Feodor Selin, Sergey Vostrikov, Maxim Lozinsky, Pavel Melnichuk, Alexander Orekhov, Nikolay Kononov, Alexander Korneev, Maxim Kharin, Vadim Tumanov Technical contractors Plan A Collective Decorators Freak Fabrique

Music & Sound Design Monoleak

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2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 - Mixed Fortunes for Mark Burdett Motorsport

2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 – Mixed Fortunes for Mark Burdett Motorsport

Pankiewicz Battles Back to Top 20 Placing Julia Pankiewicz produced one of her best Formula Renault Eurocup race performances of the season during round 15 of the campaign at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Sunday, 23rd July, by battling to a top 20 finish from the back of the 30-car grid for Mark Burdett Motorsport. Arriving at the Spielberg track just a week on from the previous event at the…

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Russian police detain opposition leader, dozens of protesters

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Russian police detain opposition leader, dozens of protesters

Police detained dozens of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term. Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings.

I'm happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow.

Alexei Navalny

Other Reuters reporters at the Moscow rally saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead. The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city's authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation.

I've come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film.

Denis Korneev

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YADRO Impulse from SILA SVETA on Vimeo.

In October 2017 Russian IT company YADRO presented its latest groundbreaking products – VESNIN server and TATLIN data storage platform – during a grand event in the Moscow Planetarium, fully organized by Sila Sveta. The main presentation and dome projection were also created in the studio and took place in the main Star Auditorium of the planetarium.

Art Director: Daniil Kutuzov Producers: Dmitry Babanin, Aleksandra Tretiakova Creative Director: Alexander Us Show Director: Sergey Povarnitsyn Script: Vadim Pugin Production Director: Mikhail Dadaev General Producers: Alexey Rozov, Alexander Us Supervisor: Oleg Barankin Concept Artists: Ekaterina Konovalova, Stas Bashkatov CG Artists: Alexander Varlamov, Andrey Vyaznikov, Erik Baymukashev, Sergey Akulenok, Roman Kuzminih, Maxim Meshkov, Maxim Bitiukov Technical Director: Nikolay Kononov Video Engineers: Alexander Korneev, Sergey Pervakov Lighting Designers: Roman Vakulyuk, Anastasia Zhukova Technical Production: Sergey Zakharov, Pavel Ivaschenko, Dmitry Lobov, Mikhail Portnov, Yury Volodkin, Fedor Selin, Mikhail Churbakov Music & Sound Design: Monoleak Filming: Evgeny Arkhipov, Anton Arkhipov, Sergey Baryshnikov Editing: Evgeny Arkhipov, Anton Arkhipov

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DCN Pick: YADRO Impulse by SILA SVETA // In October 2017 Russian IT company YADRO presented its latest groundbreaking products – VESNIN server and TATLIN data storage platform – during a grand event in the Moscow Planetarium, fully organized by Sila Sveta. The main presentation and dome projection were also created in the studio and took place in the main Star Auditorium of the planetarium. Art Director: Daniil Kutuzov Producers: Dmitry Babanin, Aleksandra Tretiakova Creative Director: Alexander Us Show Director: Sergey Povarnitsyn Script: Vadim Pugin Production Director: Mikhail Dadaev General Producers: Alexey Rozov, Alexander Us Supervisor: Oleg Barankin Concept Artists: Ekaterina Konovalova, Stas Bashkatov CG Artists: Alexander Varlamov, Andrey Vyaznikov, Erik Baymukashev, Sergey Akulenok, Roman Kuzminih, Maxim Meshkov, Maxim Bitiukov Technical Director: Nikolay Kononov Video Engineers: Alexander Korneev, Sergey Pervakov Lighting Designers: Roman Vakulyuk, Anastasia Zhukova Technical Production: Sergey Zakharov, Pavel Ivaschenko, Dmitry Lobov, Mikhail Portnov, Yury Volodkin, Fedor Selin, Mikhail Churbakov Music & Sound Design: Monoleak Filming: Evgeny Arkhipov, Anton Arkhipov, Sergey Baryshnikov Editing: Evgeny Arkhipov, Anton Arkhipov

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YADRO Impulse from SILA SVETA on Vimeo.

In October 2017 Russian IT company YADRO presented its latest groundbreaking products – VESNIN server and TATLIN data storage platform – during a grand event in the Moscow Planetarium, fully organized by Sila Sveta. The main presentation and dome projection were also created in the studio and took place in the main Star Auditorium of the planetarium.

Art Director: Daniil Kutuzov Producers: Dmitry Babanin, Aleksandra Tretiakova Creative Director: Alexander Us Show Director: Sergey Povarnitsyn Script: Vadim Pugin Production Director: Mikhail Dadaev General Producers: Alexey Rozov, Alexander Us Supervisor: Oleg Barankin Concept Artists: Ekaterina Konovalova, Stas Bashkatov CG Artists: Alexander Varlamov, Andrey Vyaznikov, Erik Baymukashev, Sergey Akulenok, Roman Kuzminih, Maxim Meshkov, Maxim Bitiukov Technical Director: Nikolay Kononov Video Engineers: Alexander Korneev, Sergey Pervakov Lighting Designers: Roman Vakulyuk, Anastasia Zhukova Technical Production: Sergey Zakharov, Pavel Ivaschenko, Dmitry Lobov, Mikhail Portnov, Yury Volodkin, Fedor Selin, Mikhail Churbakov Music & Sound Design: Monoleak Filming: Evgeny Arkhipov, Anton Arkhipov, Sergey Baryshnikov Editing: Evgeny Arkhipov, Anton Arkhipov

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Lexus Dome | immersive digital installation from SILA SVETA on Vimeo.

Lexus Dome is a public space in Moscow City district, a shiny and kind of extraneous area of skyscrapers, with an interactive installation by Sila Sveta studio. Lexus Dome opened June 1st in celebration of the launch of Lexus LC 500. The project was realized by Action markenting agency in collaboration with Dentsu Aegis Network and Sila Sveta. The public space will be open to public till the end of December 2017. For more information please visit the web site: lexusdome.ru/en

Sila Sveta Team: Creative Directors Alexander Us, Ilya Balakin Art Directors Ilya Balakin, Philat Matveev Technical Director Dmitry Petrov Producer Yana Zakharova Production Director Vadim Vinogorov Executive Producers Alexey Rozov, Alexander Us Supervisor Denis Sidorenko Concept Artists Stas Bashkatov, Ekaterina Konovalova, Tatyana Kazakova Designers Anton Nguyen, Sergey Akulyonok, Darya Shurkina, Inna Savina, Zoya Kharakoz, Denis Sidorenko, Artemy Perevertin, Alexey Churochkin, Maxim Meshkov, Madina Fattahova, Yaroslav Svyatykh Video Engineer Maxim Tulin Software Developer Ivan Kabalin Engineering solutions Vladimir Popilin Technical Production Sergey Zakharov, Dmitry Lobov, Pavel Ivaschenko, Evgeny Ivaschenko, Mikhail Portnov, Feodor Selin, Sergey Vostrikov, Maxim Lozinsky, Pavel Melnichuk, Alexander Orekhov, Nikolay Kononov, Alexander Korneev, Maxim Kharin, Vadim Tumanov Technical contractors Plan A Collective Decorators Freak Fabrique

Music & Sound Design Monoleak

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Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests

MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.

A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally.

Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.

“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained. Other Reuters reporters at the Moscow rally saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead.

The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city’s authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation.

Navalny called the protests after publishing allegations that Medvedev, the prime minister, had amassed a huge fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

Medvedev’s spokeswoman called the allegations “propagandistic attacks” unworthy of detailed comment and said they amounted to pre-election posturing by Navalny.

Elsewhere, at a rally in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a Reuters reporter saw 30 people being detained after unfurling banners reading “The prime minister should answer.”

“I’ve come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film,” 17-year-old student Denis Korneev said at the Moscow protest.

“In many countries the government would have resigned over this.”

Witnesses told Reuters that four people were also detained at a rally in Yekaterinburg in the industrial Urals region.

On Yekaterinburg’s Labour Square protesters waved posters reading “We are the authorities here” while nationalists and supporters of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party looked on.

Local media reported that large protests also took place in other cities, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. State media broadly ignored Sunday’s protests.

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Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests

MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.

A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally.

Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.

“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained. Other Reuters reporters at the Moscow rally saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead.

The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city’s authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation.

Navalny called the protests after publishing allegations that Medvedev, the prime minister, had amassed a huge fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

Medvedev’s spokeswoman called the allegations “propagandistic attacks” unworthy of detailed comment and said they amounted to pre-election posturing by Navalny.

Elsewhere, at a rally in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a Reuters reporter saw 30 people being detained after unfurling banners reading “The prime minister should answer.”

“I’ve come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film,” 17-year-old student Denis Korneev said at the Moscow protest.

“In many countries the government would have resigned over this.”

Witnesses told Reuters that four people were also detained at a rally in Yekaterinburg in the industrial Urals region.

On Yekaterinburg’s Labour Square protesters waved posters reading “We are the authorities here” while nationalists and supporters of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party looked on.

Local media reported that large protests also took place in other cities, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. State media broadly ignored Sunday’s protests.

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Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests

MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.

A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally.

Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.

“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained. Other Reuters reporters at the Moscow rally saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead.

The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city’s authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation.

Navalny called the protests after publishing allegations that Medvedev, the prime minister, had amassed a huge fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

Medvedev’s spokeswoman called the allegations “propagandistic attacks” unworthy of detailed comment and said they amounted to pre-election posturing by Navalny.

Elsewhere, at a rally in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a Reuters reporter saw 30 people being detained after unfurling banners reading “The prime minister should answer.”

“I’ve come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film,” 17-year-old student Denis Korneev said at the Moscow protest.

“In many countries the government would have resigned over this.”

Witnesses told Reuters that four people were also detained at a rally in Yekaterinburg in the industrial Urals region.

On Yekaterinburg’s Labour Square protesters waved posters reading “We are the authorities here” while nationalists and supporters of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party looked on.

Local media reported that large protests also took place in other cities, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. State media broadly ignored Sunday’s protests.

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2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 - Fenestraz Tightens Grip

2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 – Fenestraz Tightens Grip

Sacha Fenestraz Takes Control of Championship A second commanding win in consecutive rounds saw French-Argentinian racer Sacha Fenestraz take control of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Championship this weekend (July 21-23). The Josef Kaufmann Racing driver’s imperious run of form continued at the Red Bull Ring as he sealed his third victory of the campaign with a blistering performance. After…

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Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests

MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.

A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally.

Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.

“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained. Other Reuters reporters at the Moscow rally saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead.

The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city’s authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation.

Navalny called the protests after publishing allegations that Medvedev, the prime minister, had amassed a huge fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

Medvedev’s spokeswoman called the allegations “propagandistic attacks” unworthy of detailed comment and said they amounted to pre-election posturing by Navalny.

Elsewhere, at a rally in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a Reuters reporter saw 30 people being detained after unfurling banners reading “The prime minister should answer.”

“I’ve come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film,” 17-year-old student Denis Korneev said at the Moscow protest.

“In many countries the government would have resigned over this.”

Witnesses told Reuters that four people were also detained at a rally in Yekaterinburg in the industrial Urals region.

On Yekaterinburg’s Labour Square protesters waved posters reading “We are the authorities here” while nationalists and supporters of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party looked on.

Local media reported that large protests also took place in other cities, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. State media broadly ignored Sunday’s protests.

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Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests

MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.

A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally.

Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.

“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained. Other Reuters reporters at the Moscow rally saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead.

The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city’s authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation.

Navalny called the protests after publishing allegations that Medvedev, the prime minister, had amassed a huge fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

Medvedev’s spokeswoman called the allegations “propagandistic attacks” unworthy of detailed comment and said they amounted to pre-election posturing by Navalny.

Elsewhere, at a rally in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a Reuters reporter saw 30 people being detained after unfurling banners reading “The prime minister should answer.”

“I’ve come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film,” 17-year-old student Denis Korneev said at the Moscow protest.

“In many countries the government would have resigned over this.”

Witnesses told Reuters that four people were also detained at a rally in Yekaterinburg in the industrial Urals region.

On Yekaterinburg’s Labour Square protesters waved posters reading “We are the authorities here” while nationalists and supporters of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party looked on.

Local media reported that large protests also took place in other cities, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. State media broadly ignored Sunday’s protests.

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Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests

MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.

A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally.

Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.

“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained. Other Reuters reporters at the Moscow rally saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead.

The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city’s authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation.

Navalny called the protests after publishing allegations that Medvedev, the prime minister, had amassed a huge fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

Medvedev’s spokeswoman called the allegations “propagandistic attacks” unworthy of detailed comment and said they amounted to pre-election posturing by Navalny.

Elsewhere, at a rally in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a Reuters reporter saw 30 people being detained after unfurling banners reading “The prime minister should answer.”

“I’ve come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film,” 17-year-old student Denis Korneev said at the Moscow protest.

“In many countries the government would have resigned over this.”

Witnesses told Reuters that four people were also detained at a rally in Yekaterinburg in the industrial Urals region.

On Yekaterinburg’s Labour Square protesters waved posters reading “We are the authorities here” while nationalists and supporters of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party looked on.

Local media reported that large protests also took place in other cities, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. State media broadly ignored Sunday’s protests.

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Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests

MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.

A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally.

Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.

“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained. Other Reuters reporters at the Moscow rally saw at least 100 other detentions as a police helicopter circled overhead.

The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city’s authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation.

Navalny called the protests after publishing allegations that Medvedev, the prime minister, had amassed a huge fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

Medvedev’s spokeswoman called the allegations “propagandistic attacks” unworthy of detailed comment and said they amounted to pre-election posturing by Navalny.

Elsewhere, at a rally in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a Reuters reporter saw 30 people being detained after unfurling banners reading “The prime minister should answer.”

“I’ve come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film,” 17-year-old student Denis Korneev said at the Moscow protest.

“In many countries the government would have resigned over this.”

Witnesses told Reuters that four people were also detained at a rally in Yekaterinburg in the industrial Urals region.

On Yekaterinburg’s Labour Square protesters waved posters reading “We are the authorities here” while nationalists and supporters of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party looked on.

Local media reported that large protests also took place in other cities, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. State media broadly ignored Sunday’s protests.

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