Ilya Yashin, one of the leaders of a growing opposition movement which has brought tens of thousands of Russians to street protests against the regime, said: "There was a hypothesis that the authorities would this time allow honest elections in Moscow because of the scandal with violations during the Duma elections in December, but this is being disproved. The scale of the falsification we are seeing will destroy the last vestiges of trust between government and the people. Tomorrow we will be on the streets."