Russian opposition leader arrested for street demonstrations

Russian police have detained at least 250 people demonstrated against which the opposition leaders in Moscow, after the parliamentary election results released on Monday last.

According to election results announced earlier, the party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won a majority in Congress but not overwhelming as the first account. With 99.99% of the vote counted, the head of the Central Electoral Commission Vladimir Churov said, Russia Party won 238 seats, down from 62 seats before.

However, this result has been a public protestors criticized for that vote fraud in last Sunday. Boris Nemtsov, former deputy prime minister and a leader of the opposition in the Russian news agency confirmed to CNN that he was arrested after participating in protests against the election results.

Extremist protesters arrested in Moscow.

The demonstrations in protest of candidate Putin United Russia party has attracted a large number of participants however, some people absolutely opposed to being "inferior" compared Putin's supporters marched to the streets . News agency RIA Novosti described as the biggest protests in recent years.

Step into the next day, demonstrations in Russia still occur, but met with strong interference from security forces. Many protesters disbanded and not a few extremists who were arrested while the military continues to be deployed in Moscow to ensure security.

Russian elections are very attracted the attention of the media and Western politicians. The major newspapers simultaneously published information protests broke out in Russia to protest the election results and considered as the "vital signs" of "political turning point."

Even U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also spoke about the election in Russia, but immediately met with harsh criticism from Russian officials. The reaction with the statement "Russian voters deserve a full investigation of alleged fraud," Clinton's foreign minister, Russia's foreign ministry spokesman called the claim of Mrs. Clinton and other U.S. officials "not acceptable" and said U.S. officials should seek to "improve the election" instead of going to comment in other countries by the voter turnout rate in the U.S. "very low" .

Meanwhile, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia's election took place in a fair and democratic. However, the head of the Kremlin still requires investigation to clarify the alleged violation.