Putin chief opponent detained at protest

Rally came after campaigner was given suspended term for fraud.

Police in Russia have detained president Vladimir Putin’s chief opponent after he broke the terms of his house arrest to attend a protest of several thousand people outside the Kremlin.

The unsanctioned rally in Moscow came hours after anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny was found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years. His brother was sent to prison. The convictions are widely seen as part of a political vendetta against any opposition to Putin and his government.