the bbc‘s 0leg boldyrev was at today's demonstration and sent us this report.ice told muscovites not to come out for this unsanctioned protest, but a few thousand people turned up anyway, and very soon many of them paid for it by being dragged into custody. the arrests were met with defiance. so the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in the elections. we don't know how many people came to protest, but certainly there are plenty of people angry that the candidates they've been supporting were denied the chance to participate in the vote. those who come out despite police warnings are used to sights like this, but they voice their anger again and again. "i'm against these thieves," he says. "president putin, moscow mayor, prime minister, they're like a gang, simply taking and taking from russia." election authorities say the grounds for dismissing the candidates are legitimate because signatures gathered in their support were invalid. well, these citizens are not buying

from moscow 0leg boldyrev reports.d soon they paid by being dragged into custody. the arrests were met with defiance. the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in elections. we don't know how many people came to protest but plenty of people are angry that the candidates they've been supporting were denied the chance to participate in the vote. those who came out despite police warnings are used to sights like this. they voiced their anger again and again. "i'm against these thieves," he says, "president putin, they are like a gang, simply taking and taking from russia." election authorities say the grounds for dismissing the candidates are legitimate because signatures gathered for their support are not valid. the opposition hopes the anger around city elections will snowball into a wider antiestablishment campaign. but committed as they are, these protesters weren't out in numbers capable of doing that. president trump has welco

from moscow, 0leg boldyrev reports.olice warned people from moscow not to come out for this unsanctioned protest but a few thousand came out anyway and soon they paid for it by being dragged into custody. the arrests were met with defiance. the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in elections. we don't know how many people came to protest but plenty of people are angry that the candidates they've been supporting were denied the chance to participate in the vote. those who came out despite police warnings are used to sights like this. they voice their anger again and again. "i'm against these thieves," he says, "president putin, they are like a gang, simply taking and taking from russia." election authorities say the grounds for dismissing the candidates support are not valid. the opposition hopes the anger around city elections will snowball into a wider antiestablishment campaign. but committed as they are, these protesters wer