Scenes from the Christmas Eve demonstrations in Moscow

To view some heartwarming, funny and rather chilly looking scenes from Saturday's pro democracy demo click on this link.

I know that it looks as though it is in Russian, but there is some English translation along the way, and the pictures in any event speak for themselves.

The link comes courtesy of the Moscow Times, which is a useful source for all things Russian and which publishes in both Russian and English.

One of the most interesting things about these demonstrations is the variety and humour of the placards carried by the participants who seem to be of all ages and from many different social backgrounds.