Dozens of detainees in record protest against Vladimir Putin in Russia

Almost 50,000 people They went out on Saturday to Moscow to ask "free elections", in the biggest mobilization in Russia after the emergence of this movement against the exclusion of independent candidates in the local elections of September. Dozens of people were arrested at the end of the protest as they headed for the presidential seat.

Some 49,900 people demonstrated in the Russian capital, according to the NGO Contador Blanco, specializing in demonstrating protesters. But, according to Moscow police, 20,000 people attended the demonstration.

At the previous demonstration authorized by the authorities on July 20, the white accountant counted 20,000 people.

Mobilization is growing in Moscow in the fourth consecutive weekend of eventsdespite the hard answer authorities and the absence of most opposition leaders, almost all imprisoned.

Protesters carried placards saying "Give us the right to vote" or "They lied to us", while others waved Russian flags and showed pictures of detained activists in previous events.

The two previous, banned events resulted in 1,400 and 1,000 detainees respectively, shows the hardening of the crackdown against the answer.

This hard hand is also reflected in the many recordings against opponents or mere protesters, opening a "money laundering" to the organization of the opposition leader Alexei Navalni and the short prison terms to which almost all his political allies were condemned.

Mobilization started after about 60 independent election candidates will be rejected local September 8, which are announced difficult for candidates who support power in a context of social unrest.