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Crowds have gathered in central Moscow for the first big rally by the opposition since Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as president in May. The organisers are calling for fresh elections. Our correspondent Damien McGuinness reports from among the demonstrators.

自从普京五月宣任总统以来，莫斯科中心首次举行大集会。组织者要求重新选举，BBC记者Damien McGuinness在现场报道。

It's a colourful mixed-up crowd of tens of thousands of anti-government protesters. From here, I can see communists, pro-Western liberals, gay rights activists. The only thing that really unites them all is their intense dislike of President Putin and their conviction that the Kremlin is unfairly trying to stamp out dissents by introducing harsh fines for unsanctioned protests and by raiding the homes of opposition leaders.

参加集会的数万名反政府抗议者中有各色人等，我能看到有共产主义者、亲西方的自由主义者和同性恋权利活动家。他们能汇聚团结在一起，是因为都非常不喜欢普京总统，他们声称克里姆林宫不公正地压制异见者，对未经授权的抗议进行严厉处罚，并抄了反对派领导人的家。

There are reports of further unrest in the Burmese coastal state of Rakhine, where several people have been killed in clashes between Muslims and Buddhists. Security forces have been sent in to try to quell the violence, which was triggered by the recent rape and murder of a Buddhist woman. Anne Buzbee of our Asia desk reports.