well despite the better of bone chilling cold temperatures here on bolotnaya square reports of some twenty thousand people have come out and this is actually the third sanctioned to protest that has occurred since the december fourth parliamentary elections except the only difference being the best one was a marching protest where protesters took out onto the city center streets and marched all the way to bolotnaya square where i am currently standing now the government does approve of these protests they do want the people to voice their opinions however they have deployed some nine thousand believe the police officers here on jubilant last square and throughout the city center to just make sure that it isn't back to peaceful protests and it actually has been it's been very quiet we've seen a number of flags but again these temperatures will have to of course that agenda of the actual protest you're on bolotnaya square down to just an hour because it is really so cold what about the opposition the one who was the most prominent figures and although the rally as far as you know. well there

despite the better of bone chilling cold temperatures here on bolotnaya square a lot of people have gathered and it's pretty perilous her to say that it's quite calm you can sleep a lot of people here and also marching protests where protesters took out onto the city center streets and marched all the way to bolotnaya square where i am currently standing now the government does approve of these protests they do want the people to voice their opinions however they have deployed some nine thousand police officers here on jubilant last square and throughout the city center to just make sure that it isn't back to peaceful protests and it actually has been it's been very quiet. for the reward for them we can leave because i'm tired of the government which doesn't do what promises and wants this to carry on for years. to do them. changes their intentions and more whole life freeze there there was the killer might go for it he wanted to come here. we've seen a number of flags you have the nationalists you have the leftists there are calls for a sort of sar a style leader however there isn't really

know what it is really cold out here reports all of twenty three thousand people coming out on bolotnaya square this is the third sanctioned march that has happened protests the first march that has happened to call for a fair and free elections after the december parliamentary elections of last year now as you can see behind me a lot of people have gathered and it's pretty fairly fair to say that it's quite calm you can see a lot of people here at this march across the city center calm and dating in the actual rally at call at my square where i am right now and that is where the first elections took place back in december of course these temperatures not really allowing too many people to come out and protest so we'll have to wait and see how many will actually continue to show up in the next few hours and of course again this temperature really cutting down the agenda to just about an hour or so. ok let's take a graze who's at the victory park what's happening where you are then taken. to court have sas for our last of the. night they just make s'mores down so knowing douse the fire so now th