A man votes at a polling station during a mayoral election in Moscow, on September 8, 2013. Top critic of President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, faced today a Kremlin-backed incumbent in a hotly contested Moscow mayoral poll, the first time an opposition leader has been allowed to stand in a high-profile election.
{"Image ImageDescription": "A man votes at a polling station during a mayoral election in Moscow, on September 8, 2013. Top critic of President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny,  faced today a Kremlin-backed incumbent in a hotly contested Moscow mayoral poll, the first time an opposition leader has been allowed to stand in a high-profile election. AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV        (Photo credit should read VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2013 AFP"}