Moscow district court has sentenced Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov to 15-day-long arrest over disobedience to police during a rally on Triumfalnaya Square December 31, court's spokesperson Alexandra Berezina said.
Nemtsov, a staunch critic of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and leader of the opposition Solidarity movement in an interview with the liberal Moscow radio station Ekho Moskvy called the sentence "mockery of common sense" and said he would challenge it.
The politician called the allegations against him trumped up. He also said he met the new year in a police ward with to windows and beds.
Two protest rallies - one sanctioned and one not, were held at the Moscow's central Triumfalnaya Square December 31. Apart from Nemtsov, opposition leaders Eduard Limonov and Ilya Yashin were detained several hours before the beginning of 2011.
MOSCOW, January 2 (RIA Novosti)
