Thousands took part in protests in the Siberian city of Kemerovo today calling for the dismissal of officials over a fire in a leisure complex that killed at least 64 people, including 41 children.
Demonstrators gathered in a square in the centre of the coal-mining city, about 2,000 miles from Moscow. There were shouts of "killers!" and calls for the region's governor, Aman Tuleyev, to resign over fire safety failures.
There were also scattered chants calling for President Putin to quit, according to online footage. Riot police armed with truncheons were deployed to the protest, but there were no reports of arrests.