Moscow protests: Opposition rally 'largest since 2011'
Protests in solidarity with Moscow in several other Russian cities on Saturday also saw dozens of people detained.The latest arrests took place after groups of demonstrators left the official rally outside the city centre. Protest leaders had encouraged people to join an unauthorised"stroll" afterwards.Protesters were urged to join an unauthorised"stroll" after the rally
An organisation that tracks participants in demonstrations, The White Counter, counted 49,900 people at the authorised march in Moscow.Police estimated a lower turnout figure of 20,000. Some protesters carried placards with slogans such as"Give us the right to vote!" and"You've lied to us enough".Image captionOpposition politician, Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, was detained by police ahead of the protest.
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