Nearly 50,000 people participate in Moscow rally

Nearly 50,000 Russian opposition activists and their supporters have participated in Moscow rally today, -the independent monitor "White Counter" said.

According to the police officials, the around 20,000 people took part in it.

The rally was authorized until 4:00pm, twenty minutes after the authorized rally was over, police began arresting people near the rally scene. Boris Zolotarevsky, election campaign chief of Ivan Zhdanov, who is the director of the anti corruption foundation founded by unregistered candidate Alexei Navalny, was among the detainees.

Reportedly, a total of 50 people were detained during the simultaneous rally in St. Petersburg.