Another rally takes over Moscow


Once again on June 12, Russia Day, opposition protestors took to the streets of Moscow. The March of Millions began in the middle of the day with a march through Strastnoi Boulevard in central Moscow followed by a mass gathering on Academic Sakharov Avenue. Between 15,000 and 18,000 people participated in the rally, according to police estimates, but Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov claimed 100,000 people attended the meeting and opposition activist Ilya Ponomarev gave the number as 200,000.


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