Tens Of Thousands Rally In Moscow For Fair Elections

Participants attend a rally to demand authorities allow opposition candidates to run in the upcoming local election in Moscow, Russia August 10, 2019. © REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

BBC: Moscow protests: Tens of thousands attend huge rally

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken part in a rally in Moscow to demand fair elections.

It is the fourth major protest over the banning of opposition candidates in local elections in the Russian capital in a month.

It was authorised by the city authorities, unlike the last two rallies which ended in violence and arrests.

Organisers say nearly 50,000 people took part despite heavy rain.

But police estimates suggested the figure was less than half of that.

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WNU Editor: On a day when the weather was miserable but tens of thousands still showed up to protest for fair elections. This is a number that the authorities cannot ignore.

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