Russian police detained dozens of people including opposition leader Alexei Navalny amid anti-corruption protests that drew thousands in Moscow and around the country on Sunday. The protests were said to be the largest of their kind since the wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011 and 2012.Navalny, who called the demonstrations, was detained by Russian police around 2 p.m. shortly after arriving at Tverskaya street in Moscow. A Reuters reporter snapped a photo of police putting him into the back of a truck.Earlier this month, an organization Navalny founded to investigate corruption in the Russian government released a report alleging that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had funneled more than $1 billion in bribes through charities and companies run by his associates to buy himself vineyards and yachts. The Russian government dismissed the allegations as a media stunt put on by Navalny, who intends to run for president in 2018.Read the rest of this article on VICE NEWS.