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Big Moscow protest rally against vote fraud in Bolotnaya Sq

(10 Dec 2011) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of Moscow's central Bolotnaya square filled with people taking part in protest against alleged election fraud 2. Mid of two women carrying white flowers 3. Mid of men holding makeshift posters reading: (Russian) "Truth for the people" and "Fair elections for the people" 4. Close-up of poster reading: (Russian) "Truth for the people" 5. Mid of man with white ribbon attached to his hat 6. Pan of crowd 7. Zoom in to former Russian Prime Minister, opposition politician Mikhail Kasyanov, attaching white ribbon to coat 8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mikhail Kasyanov, Russian opposition leader: "All these years we have tried to explain it to the people and then those in power broke down and allowed not just the violation of human rights, but large-scale fraud, large-scale, that is becoming unacceptable for the people." 9. Mid of Kasyanov 10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mikhail Kasyanov, Russian opposition leader: "Of course people have run out of patience, especially in large cities where people are well-educated, well-informed who understand they are not ready to tolerate such lawlessness when they are ignored and their votes are cynically stolen." 11. Tracking shot to man holding white flowers 12. Wide of crowd STORYLINE Tens of thousands of Muscovites thronged to a city square to protest against alleged electoral fraud and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party on Saturday, and demonstrators gathered in other rallies across the vast country, the largest public show of discontent in post-Soviet Russia. Some of the crowd gathered on Bolotnaya Square, on an island in the Moscow River adjacent to the Kremlin, carried white flowers. Others wore white ribbons as a symbol of protest against allegations of vote rigging. Opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov, who took part in the protest, said the Russian public "have run out of patience" with the current government. "Especially in large cities where people are well-educated, well-informed who understand they are not ready to tolerate such lawlessness when they are ignored and their votes are cynically stolen," added Kasyanov, who is also a former Russian prime minister. By the time the rally started in Bolotnaya, the square and adjacent streets were packed shoulder-to-shoulder with protesters braving intermittent wind-blown snow. Police said there were at least 25,000, while protest organisers claimed 40,000. City authorities have given permission for a rally of up to 30,000 people, unusual largesse for an opposition that generally is either denied permission to rally or limited to small numbers. It was not clear if police would choose to crack down if the crowd clearly exceeded 30,000. But they did try to move demonstrators off a footbridge leading to the island, claiming it was so packed with people that it could collapse. The protests in Moscow and others cities across Russia come three months before Putin, who was president in 2000-2008 and effectively remained the country's leader while prime minister, is to seek a third term in office. The public outpouring challenges his image, supported by state-controlled TV channels, as a man who won the affection of most Russians. That image was undercut by last Sunday's parliamentary elections, during which his United Party narrowly retained a majority of seats, but lost the unassailable two-thirds majority it held in the previous parliament. Even that reduced performance was unearned, inflated by massive vote fraud, the opposition says, citing reports by local and international monitors of widespread violations. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...