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Opposition Flashmob Locks Garden Ring in Moscow

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Russian opposition activists attempted Sunday to build a human chain along the Garden Ring road that encircles central Moscow in a flashmob protest to demand fair presidential elections on March 4.

Russian opposition activists attempted Sunday to build a human chain along the Garden Ring road that encircles central Moscow in a flashmob protest to demand fair presidential elections on March 4.

© RIA Novosti . Alexei KudenkoRussian opposition activists attempted Sunday to build a human chain along the Garden Ring road that encircles central Moscow in a flashmob protest to demand fair presidential elections on March 4.
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Russian opposition activists attempted Sunday to build a human chain along the Garden Ring road that encircles central Moscow in a flashmob protest to demand fair presidential elections on March 4.
© RIA Novosti . Alexei Kudenko / Go to the mediabankPolice said 11,000 opposition activists were taking part in the flashmob while the organizers put the figure at 40,000.
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Police said 11,000 opposition activists were taking part in the flashmob while the organizers put the figure at 40,000.
© RIA Novosti . Alexei KudenkoSeveral hundreds of people gathered on Zubovsky boulevard near RIA Novosti's headquarters.
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Several hundreds of people gathered on Zubovsky boulevard near RIA Novosti's headquarters.
© RIA Novosti . Ilya PitalevThe organizers of Sunday’s protest, a recently created opposition movement called the League of Voters, have said that they chose this kind of a demonstration because it does not require permission from the Moscow City Hall.
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The organizers of Sunday’s protest, a recently created opposition movement called the League of Voters, have said that they chose this kind of a demonstration because it does not require permission from the Moscow City Hall.
© RIA Novosti . Alexei KudenkoOpposition figure Vladimir Ryzhkov said their organized the flashmob in order not to "create mayhem for Muscovites or city traffic'.
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Opposition figure Vladimir Ryzhkov said their organized the flashmob in order not to "create mayhem for Muscovites or city traffic'.
© RIA Novosti . Ilya PitalevPolice reported no major accidents during the flashmob.
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Police reported no major accidents during the flashmob.
© RIA Novosti . Ilya PitalevThe flashmob aiming to build a human chain along the 15.4-kilometer (9.5 miles) Garden Ring road was the latest in a series of protest rallies that followed parliamentary elections won by Putin’s United Russia party in early December which critics say were marred by fraud.
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The flashmob aiming to build a human chain along the 15.4-kilometer (9.5 miles) Garden Ring road was the latest in a series of protest rallies that followed parliamentary elections won by Putin’s United Russia party in early December which critics say were marred by fraud.
© RIA Novosti . Irina RyapolovaThis couple was dressed as 'Death hunting for crooks and thieves' and 'The ghost of fair elections.'
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This couple was dressed as 'Death hunting for crooks and thieves' and 'The ghost of fair elections.'
© RIA Novosti . Ilya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankThe liberal Yabloko Party, which failed to make it to parliament last December, supported the flashmob.
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The liberal Yabloko Party, which failed to make it to parliament last December, supported the flashmob.
© RIA Novosti . Ilya PitalevThe party organized a car rally along the Garden Ring, with the drivers slowing down and honking their car horns to loud cheers from the human chain.
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The party organized a car rally along the Garden Ring, with the drivers slowing down and honking their car horns to loud cheers from the human chain.
© RIA Novosti . Ilya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankOne of the rally participants attached to his car a portrait of Vladimir Churov, the head of the Russian Central Election Commission.
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One of the rally participants attached to his car a portrait of Vladimir Churov, the head of the Russian Central Election Commission.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander VilfMost protesters interviewed by RIA Novosti said the reasons why they were out in the streets were moral as much as political. Many say the authorities are corrupt and that they disregard the general population.
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Most protesters interviewed by RIA Novosti said the reasons why they were out in the streets were moral as much as political. Many say the authorities are corrupt and that they disregard the general population.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankThe flashmob lasted for about an hour.
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The flashmob lasted for about an hour.
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