Thousands of people have joined a march in Moscow, defying warnings by the authorities against taking part in an unauthorized demonstration. The crowds are demanding opposition candidates be allowed to run in forthcoming local elections.Thousands of Russians marched in central Moscow as opposition activists defied authorities’ warnings and pushed ahead with a protest focused on upcoming city council elections. The August 31 action was the latest in a series of confrontations between liberal activists and Moscow city authorities — and the Kremlin. A leading opposition figure, Lyubov Sobol, speaking to journalists during the protest, said that repression will not work and also called on Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to resign.In a video shot at a protest rally in Moscow on August 31, protesters surrounded a state-owned television channel correspondent, chanting “Propaganda” and “Stop lying.”~RFE/RL
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