Thousands mass in Moscow for pro and anti-Putin rallies

February 04 2012 11:17:18

Thousands mass in Moscow for pro and anti-Putin rallies

MOSCOW - Agence France-Presse

Vladimir Putin. REUTERS Photo

Thousands massed on Saturday for rival rallies in Moscow opposing and supporting Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's political domination ahead of presidential polls, police said.

Some 8,000 people had shown up for an opposition march towards a square just over the Moscow river from the Kremlin, while 15,000 were attending a demonstration in western Moscow supporting Putin, Moscow police said in a statement, with the rallies yet to get fully underway.

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