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One-person protests in Moscow for free elections

A Russian opposition activist holds a placard reading 'Respect our Constitution' during the one-persons protests in central Moscow. [AFP]

Russian opposition activists held one-person protests in Moscow Saturday to demand free elections, as the wave of the Russian capital's larger demonstrations took a breather this weekend.

In a move to circumvent restrictions by the authorities, activists took turns to hold up protest signs as such demonstrations do not technically need approval.

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