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| Russia opposition leader Navalny vows Moscow poll win | Russia opposition leader Navalny vows Moscow poll win |
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| Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has told supporters he will fight and win the Moscow mayoral vote, after he was freed from jail pending an appeal against a five-year jail term. | Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has told supporters he will fight and win the Moscow mayoral vote, after he was freed from jail pending an appeal against a five-year jail term. |
| He has returned to Moscow from Kirov, where a judge convicted him of embezzlement, in a case widely condemned as political. | He has returned to Moscow from Kirov, where a judge convicted him of embezzlement, in a case widely condemned as political. |
| The court ruled on Friday he could go back to Moscow until the appeal. | The court ruled on Friday he could go back to Moscow until the appeal. |
| The jail term has been criticised by the US, EU and human rights groups. | The jail term has been criticised by the US, EU and human rights groups. |
| Navalny told a crowd of supporters at Yaroslavsky station on Saturday that "we are going to stand in the elections and we will win". | Navalny told a crowd of supporters at Yaroslavsky station on Saturday that "we are going to stand in the elections and we will win". |
| He was accepted as a candidate in the 8 September mayoral poll shortly before he was found guilty of embezzlement and there had been some doubt over whether he would run. | He was accepted as a candidate in the 8 September mayoral poll shortly before he was found guilty of embezzlement and there had been some doubt over whether he would run. |
| The anti-corruption activist said he would take part in campaigning for the election as long as it was possible. | |
| A number of riot police were at the station and security forces were deployed in the surrounding area, Interfax news agency reports. | |
| Hours after his conviction was announced in Kirov on Thursday, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Moscow in an unsanctioned demonstration. | |
| President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has since warned activists not to hold any more protests without official approval., | |
| Asked late on Friday whether there was any chance of Navalny being pardoned, Mr Peskov told reporters: "A convict first has to admit his guilt." |