Several hundred Russians lined up in central Moscow on Saturday under the gaze of riot police to hand over handwritten appeals for Russian President Vladimir Putin to quit, as similar protests took place in other cities. Demonstrators rallied across several cities under the slogan “We’re sick of him.” Putin, 64, has not announced whether he plans to run for president again. He has dominated Russian politics for 17 years and enjoys high popularity ratings. Russian media reported that Saturday’s protest was organised by the Open Russian movement founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Once Russia’s richest man, he was freed by Putin in 2013 after spending a decade in jail for fraud, a charge Khodorkovsky said was politically-motivated.
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