Thousands March in Rallies Across Russia

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Thousands of pro-opposition marchers, some braving temperatures as low as minus 45 degrees Celsius, rallied in dozens of Russian cities Sunday to back jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Police arrested Navalny while he was on his way to a rally in central Moscow. He shouted "swindlers and thieves" before police jumped on him and threw him into a bus.

Earlier, police raided his Moscow headquarters, breaking into the office with a power saw. They claim someone had reported a bomb threat.

Navalny is urging Russians to boycott the March presidential election, in which Vladimir Putin is just about assured to win a fourth term.Navalny is calling it a "pseudo-election." He is barred from running because of a suspended prison sentence for embezzlement – a charge he and his followers say was contrived and political.