People gather to attend a sanctioned rally in Bolotnaya Square to protest against alleged fraud in parliamentary electionsPhotograph: ReutersProtesters holding a red banner reading 'Rot Front' and shouti anti-Putin slogansPhotograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/APOpposition leader Eduard Limonov addresses the crowd during the rallyPhotograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters
Opposition activists protest against the alleged mass fraud in the 4 December parliamentary polls. A poster depicts Vladimir Putin and reads: "No!"Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty ImagesProtesters in Bolotnaya SquarePhotograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty ImagesInterior ministry officers stand guardPhotograph: ReutersActivists in central Moscow hold posters showing Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, and Putin, with text that reads: "Boys, it's time to go!"Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty ImagesA general view of the protestersPhotograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty ImagesA man scratches his eye, while Interior ministry officers stand guardPhotograph: ReutersAn aerial view of Bolotnaya squarePhotograph: Denis Sinyakov/ReutersPeople make their way to the demonstration through smoke from a flarePhotograph: Tatyana Makeyeva/ReutersProtesters wave an old Russian flag emblazoned with the words 'We are Russians, God is with us', with the Kremlin visible in the backgroundPhotograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
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