Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rally in Moscow calling for free and fair elections
People attend a rally to demand authorities allow opposition candidates to run in the upcoming local election in Moscow, Russia August 10, 2019.
The White Counter, an NGO that tracks participants in rallies, counted 40,000 people, while Moscow police gave a much lower attendance figure of 20,000. "I'm outraged by this injustice at every level. They're not letting candidates stand who have collected all the necessary signatures. They are arresting people who are protesting peacefully," said one protester, Irina Dargolts, a 60-year-old engineer.
One of the speakers at the rally was the wife of opposition politician Dmitry Gudkov, who is serving a 30-day sentence.
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