(6 May 2013)
1. Wide of Alexei Navalny, opposition leader and anti-corruption activist who is on trial for corruption charges, walking among protesters
2. Mid of Navalny shaking hands with people
3. Mid of Mikhail Kasyanov, former prime minister, among protesters
4. Wide of crowd
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Boris Nemtsov, former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and opposition leader:
"Our demands have not changed. Our demands are what they have always been: liberation of political prisoners, an end to political persecution and intimidation of the people. I mean the political trials against (Alexei) Navalny and (Sergei) Udaltsov. We demand a limitation to the powers of the president, who wants to rule (this country) for his entire life."
6. Various of large inflatable saw, symbolising embezzlement and corruption, being held aloft by protesters
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian historian and liberal politician:
"The atmosphere isn't great but people are still coming out (into the streets) in order to show that there are thousands of people in the country who don't agree with these human rights violations, the falsification of our elections, these falsified criminal cases (against opposition activists). They are here to show that they'll be here until the authorities start to abide by their own constitution."
8. Wide of crowd of protesters
STORYLINE:
More than ten-thousand protesters gathered in the streets of Moscow on Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of an anti-government demonstration last year during which dozens were arrested and charged.
Present at Monday's rally were prominent opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny and Mikhail Kasyanov - President Vladimir Putin's first prime minister before going into opposition.
A year ago, protesters gathered at Bolotnaya Square to rally against the inauguration of Putin, who was beginning his third term in office.
Violence broke out at the protest, leading to the detention of dozens.
Security officials asserted that a group of protesters violently attacked their ranks, while protesters claimed that the clashes were provoked by the police.
During Monday's protest, former deputy prime minister and opposition activist Boris Nemtsov said the protesters' demands were exactly the same as the year before.
"Our demands are what they have always been: liberation of political prisoners, an end to political persecution and intimidation of the people. I mean the political trials against (Alexei) Navalny and (Sergei) Udaltsov. We demand a limitation to the powers of the president, who wants to rule (this country) for his entire life."
Navalny, who led protests against Putin and exposed alleged corruption in government, is on trial for embezzlement.
He is accused of heading an organised criminal group that embezzled 16 (m) million rubles (500-thousand US dollars) worth of timber from a state-owned company while working as an adviser to the Kirov provincial governor in 2009.
"People are still coming out (into the streets) in order to show that there are thousands of people in the country who don't agree with these human rights violations, the falsification of our elections, these falsified criminal cases," said Russian historian and liberal politician Vladimir Ryzhkov.
"They are here to show that they'll be here until the authorities start to abide by their own constitution."
The remainder of those who have been charged - who are currently languishing in detention centres or under house arrest - will be tried this summer.
Most face between eight or 10 years in prison.
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