Moscow Police : 100,000 People March to Back Putin

23.02.2012

Some 100,000 people marched through central Moscow on Thursday in support of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s bid for the Russian presidency, police in the capital said in a statement.
Under the slogan “Protect the Country,” Putin’s supporters were marching along the Moscow river embankment towards the Luzhniki sports stadium where they will gather for a rally ahead of the March 4 polls.
Along the way, the participants were being offered free tea and Russian pies dished out from tents erected on the road. Police closed off access to the embankment as soon as the march got underway.