6 May 2013 20:34

Participants started leaving Bolotnaya Square at about 8 p.m. - police

MOSCOW. May 6 (Interfax) - Participants in the opposition rally on Bolotnaya Square started leaving the venue after their number reached about 8,000, a Moscow Police spokesman told Interfax.

"The number of participants reached 8,000, among them some 300 media personnel, and then a vivid outflow began at about 8 p.m.," the spokesman said.

A leader of the Solidarity movement and People's Freedom Party Boris Nemtsov claimed tens of thousands of people had gathered.