The opposition's Coordination Council has announced plans for a march and rally to be held in central Moscow on Dec. 15, a date chosen to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the anti-Kremlin protest movement.
The plans were finalized at a council meeting Saturday, and organizers posted details of the so-called "March of Freedom" the same day on Facebook.
Prominent opposition figures including anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny, TV personality Ksenia Sobchak and Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov earlier backed plans to take to the streets to voice discontent with President Vladimir Putin's rule.
According to Udaltsov, who posted a rally manifesto on Facebook on Saturday, the protest will call on authorities to free political prisoners, undertake a far-reaching program of political and economic reforms and call new presidential and parliamentary elections.
Under Russian law, protests have to be sanctioned by authorities for a specific place, time and number of participants.
Read more: Opposition Plans Anti-Kremlin March for Dec. 15 | News | The Moscow Times
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