They Came Again

Singer Yury Shevchuk serenading the crowd from the stage at Bolotnaya Ploshchad as writer Dmitry Bykov holds up a sign reading "Don't rock the boat, our rat is getting nauseous."

Oktyabrskaya metro station is thronged with protesters anxious to get to the starting point.

Opposition figure Sergei Udaltsov is met by the roar of the crowd as he tears up Vladimir Putin's picture.

A police dog warily eyeing the opposition at a checkpoint where protesters joined the march.

Liberal leader Garry Kasparov, left, makes in an unusual pairing with nationalist leader Alexander Belov.

The protest starting with a march from Oktyabrskaya metro station up Ulitsa Bolshaya Yakimanka.

White ribbons are a symbol of protest.

A protester's sign reads "A fish rots from the head" next to an ad for the March 4 vote.

A protesting clown trying to lighten the mood.

Tens of thousands lining both sides of the frozen Moscow River with the rallying ground and stage at Bolotnaya Ploshchad on the right.

Mickey Mouse and a kid's bear are angry too.

Popular television journalist Leonid Parfyonov urging the crowd to keep the pressure up on Vladimir Putin.