The press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow told OvdInfo that there were no detainees during the rally. Earlier, Interfax disseminated information that two people were detained for setting fires. The organizers of the event confirmed to OvdInfo that there were no detainees. The organizers do not know who the two detainees with the fires were.

As Ovdinfo already wrote, one of the organizers of the rally, coordinator of the Left Front, Sergei Udaltsov, was taken today to the judicial precinct No. 99 of the Zyuzinsky district of Moscow (metro station Kakhovskaya, Azovskaya st., 13). However, the press service of the Solidarity movement reports that lawyers Violetta Volkov and Nikolai Polozov, who arrived to provide legal assistance to Udaltsov, were not allowed into the courtroom. [#04.12.11 Red Square]

Moscow. 12/10/2011 - 16:55 Interfax reports that two people were detained on Bolotnaya Square for setting fires. OvdInfo does not yet know the names of the detainees. [#10.12.11 Bolotnaya Square]

The organizers report that, according to their estimates, there are about 85,000 people on Bolotnaya Square and around. The press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow reports about 25,000 protesters in that area. According to OvdInfo analysis, the maximum capacity of Moscow police departments does not exceed 5,000 people. However, OvdInfo hopes that there will be no mass arrests in Moscow today.

Sergei Udaltsov, one of the organizers of the rally against unfair elections, was detained by police in the Botkin hospital and taken to the Zyuzinsky court, Interfax reports, citing S. Udaltsov's wife Anastasia. According to Anastasia Udaltsova, the arrest occurred immediately after the issuance of an epicrisis to Sergei. During the arrest, a mobile phone was confiscated from Udaltsov. In the Zyuzinsky Court of Moscow, they will have to consider an administrative offense case against S.