Opposition activists protest at the Bolotnaya Square in central Moscow on December 10. Credit: GETTY
- Opposition activists protest at the Bolotnaya Square in central Moscow on December 10.
- Russian police officers detain an opposition activist on Dec 10.
- Poster of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that reads: "NO!"
- Protesters hold flags aloft as they march on December 10, 2011 in Moscow.
- Hundreds of security trucks blocked central squares, choppers patrolled skies and 50,000 riot police were deployed on biggest day of protest since the fall of the Soviet Union.
- Signs held aloft as protest in Bolotnaya Square comes to an end on December 10, 2011 in Moscow, Russia.
- With the Kremlin in the background opposition activists carry their flags while crossing the Moskva RIver.
- People crowd on Luzhkov bridge across Obvodnoi (By-pass) Channel during protest against fraud in Dec 4 parliamentary polls.
- .Russian troops stand ready at the Kremlin.
- Tens of thousands of protesters turned out in Russia in open defiance to strongman Putin's 12-year rule.
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