500 rally in Moscow demanding Putin's resignation

Some 500 people have rallied in central Moscow to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and political reform.

Some 500 people have rallied in central Moscow to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and political reform.

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Opposition activists from left-wing and liberal groups gathered at the statue to the 19th Century Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, known for his anti-government stance, in a rare opposition protest allowed by the Moscow authorities. Anti-government activists have held dozens of rallies in Moscow in the past months but most of them were unsanctioned and were broken up by police.