Moscow Vote Fraud Protests Cool as Police Say Rally Draws 10,000
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Demonstrators took to a central avenue in Moscow today to challenge Vladimir Putin’s election win as vote-fraud protests showed signs of cooling.
While City Hall gave permission for 50,000 to gather on Moscow’s Novy Arbat, about 10,000 people came, police spokesman Maksim Kolosvetov said by phone today. The number was more than double that at 25,000, opposition leader Vladimir Ryzhkov told demonstrators.