Moscow protests over Putin’s ‘rule of thieves’

ABOUT 500 people demonstrated in a Moscow square yesterday to demand the ousting of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his “rule of thieves”.

Prominent opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was arrested and jailed for 15 days following a similar demonstration a month ago, kept up his assault on Russia’s longtime leader.

He compared Putin to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is facing mass unrest after 30 years in power.