MOSCOW — Tens of thousands demonstrators rallied in the Russian capital Saturday in another massive protest against election fraud, signaling a growing outrage with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule.
The demonstration in Moscow was as large as the one two weeks — the largest show of discontent the nation has seen since the 1991 Soviet collapse — although rallies in other cities in the far east and Siberia earlier Saturday drew much smaller crowds.
Rally participants gathered on a broad avenue some 1.5 miles from the Kremlin on a snowy day.
A stage at one side of the avenue featured placards reading "Russia Will be Free" and "This Election is a Farce".
Recent protests in Moscow and other cities have dented Putin's authority as he seeks to reclaim the presidency in next March's vote. The Kremlin has responded by promising a set of political reforms that would liberalize election rules.
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