There were police at the ready in case the opposition didn’t disperse.

From all accounts, the march to commemorate the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov proceeded without incident in Moscow. Police relented and let some supporters walk past the site of Nemtsov’s murder on the bridge by the Kremlin.

But similar events in other Russian cities did not fare so well.

In Voronezh, the Nemtsov march had to be moved due to a bomb scare, Novaya Gazeta reported, citing Interfax. Police said a bomb-sniffing dog reacted to a car. The march was moved to a new location.

About 150 people took part in the action in Voronezh. Anti-opposition activists threw eggs, flour, and zelyonka (indelible green disinfectant) at them.

In Krasnoyarsk, the planned march was disrupted when the organizer, Yevgeny Baburin was kidnapped by unknown persons. They held him in a car for several hours and then let him go. Police wouldn’t let the march proceed without the organizer present.

Earlier, Baburin had found a threatening note in his garage with the number “27” crossed out.

In Kemero, six demonstrators were detained. When 15 people showed up to mark Nemtsov’s murder, police warned them that they had not obtained permission from the city administration.

Yesterday, a local Parnas leader said the organizer of the march in Chelyabinsk, Vyacheslav Kislitsin, city leader of the Democratic Coalition was severely beaten, OVDInfo reported. He was hospitalized with broken ribs and numerous cuts and bruises and was said to suffer a heart attack. Kislitsin said he recognized members of the local FSB Center for Anti-Extremism among his attackers.

— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick