Moscow's largest sustained protest movement in a decade occurred on Sunday, as 60,000 people rallied to demand the release of protesters who were jailed in July.
The July protests occurred as more than 12 opposition candidates were not allowed to run in an election on September 8th due to a technicality- with police stating that the protesters were prosecuted for breaking the law in the unauthorised rallies.
As a response to the public outcry on Sunday, the courts released one of the jailed protesters on bail and decided to drop charges for another.