Putin Takes Revenge on Protesters

Prominent opposition leader Aleksei Navalny's campaign against Kremlin corruption has inspired many of Russia's young people?and landed them in jail. On Monday morning hundreds of Russians across the country awaited their hearings in court. After the biggest protests in years against Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country was watching a massive crackdown. Some called it "Putin's revenge." Mass detentions, fines, or incarceration were the Kremlin's response to the series of anti-corruption demonstrations which had rolled through 82 Russian cities on Sunday.