BBC News reports:

Fresh protests are under way in Moscow and other Russian cities following Vladimir Putin’s victory in last weekend’s presidential election.

Several thousand people are lining one of central Moscow’s main avenues, with correspondents saying turnout could be the key to future opposition strategy.

A wave of protests was sparked last December by evidence that parliamentary elections had been rigged.

Similar allegations have surrounded the presidential vote.

Foreign states have accepted Mr Putin’s election for a third term but observers said the poll had been skewed in his favour.

Watch the protests live here. (Note: livestream may or may not be working.)

Twitter reax:

Сhess player Gary Kasparov: 'The regime is subjecting us to debauchery!' #10mar #Russia

— Elena Ostroumova (@Producer_Elena) March 10, 2012

500 nationalist activists are leaving the rally as an act of protest, saying the opposition organizers are all Jews… http://t.co/A0Chtkgh

— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 10, 2012

#Митинг in #Moscow: People shouting "These are not elections" and "we won't go away". Hope the movement really stays alive. #Russia

— Heikki Pölönen (@hesep) March 10, 2012

https://twitter.com/#!/fra_ise/status/178425982489870337

Communists, nationalists,anarchists and liberals:diverse crowd #Moscow 25,000 here say organisers but that seems optimistic to me #Russia

— Barnaby Phillips (@BarnabyPhillips) March 10, 2012

#Moscow rally speaker: "We know the truth even if we can't prove it in court…we must be patient and persistent." @FRANCE24

— Douglas Herbert (@dougf24) March 10, 2012

#Moscow #protest rally As usual police estimate is 3 to 4 times lower than the real turnout of people #RussiaWithoutPutin . Realistic 25K

— Tarik El-Bakri (@Architarik) March 10, 2012

Udaltsov: We will gather each week, then every day & at one point we will stay on the streets. This is our only weapon! #10mar #Russia

— Elena Ostroumova (@Producer_Elena) March 10, 2012

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