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Russia: Anti-Putin protesters plan next move as jailed opponent considers election bid

Navalny, who was marched to his hearing handcuffed to a stout police officer, saw his appeal rejected, and will spend the next week behind bars, serving out a 15-day sentence after he was arrested at last weekend’s protest in Moscow, one of more than 1,000 people detained by police in the capital alone.

There were protests in dozens of Russian cities last Sunday, called by Navalny over allegations of corruption against prime minister Dmitry Medvedev.

They were the biggest since a wave of protests in 2011 and 2012, and for the first time since that wave was crushed there is an air of uncertainty on the Russian political scene.

Putin is widely expected to win another six-year term, which would take him to 2024 and almost a quarter-century of rule over Russia.

Germany: Giant gold coin with Queen's head stolen from Berlin museum

A Canadian gold coin named “Big Maple Leaf” and bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II was stolen from Berlin’s Bode Museum early on Monday.

The coin is pure gold, weighs about 100kg (221lb) and has a face value of C$1m (£590,000).

Police said it was probably stolen by a group of thieves who entered the museum undetected through a window, possibly with a ladder.