Protesters chanting "Russia without Putin" began marching through Moscow yesterday in a protest seen as a test of the opposition's ability to mount a sustained challenge to President Vladimir Putin.
Several thousands demonstrators marched from the central Pushkin Square along a route that took them close to the Kremlin in the first big opposition rally for three months.
Some wore T-shirts demanding the release of three members of the Pussy Riot punk band who were jailed after singing a profanity-laced "punk prayer" in a church.
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