As pro-Kremlin activists were rallying to support the US adoption ban, the opposition held a march in defense of the social and political rights of Muscovites on Saturday.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Kudenko / Go to the mediabankRussian opposition activists also held a march on Saturday, in defense of the social and political rights of Muscovites.
Russian opposition activists also held a march on Saturday, in defense of the social and political rights of Muscovites.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankPolice said some 500 people had attended the opposition march.
Police said some 500 people had attended the opposition march.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Kudenko / Go to the mediabankHowever, the Moscow-based Ekho Moskvy radio station put the number of participants at around 2,000.
However, the Moscow-based Ekho Moskvy radio station put the number of participants at around 2,000.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankThe rally was organized by protest leader Sergei Udaltsov, currently under house arrest as he awaits trial on charges of plotting "mass disorder" and conspiring to overthrow Putin.
The rally was organized by protest leader Sergei Udaltsov, currently under house arrest as he awaits trial on charges of plotting "mass disorder" and conspiring to overthrow Putin.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankMembers of the Communist Party took part in the rally.
Members of the Communist Party took part in the rally.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Kudenko / Go to the mediabankParticipants in the rally in Defense of Rights of Muscovites.
Participants in the rally in Defense of Rights of Muscovites.