This story was updated at 9:50 a.m. on Sept. 11. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Far East Russia on Monday night to demand a re-run of this Sunday’s local election won by a pro-Kremlin candidate and to call for the release of an anti-Putin shaman’s supporters, local media have reported. Igor Shutenkov won 52.25% of the votes in the republic of Buryatia’s administrative center of Ulan-Ude, beating the Communist Party senator who had criticized police violence during protests in Moscow this summer. Local and regional elections took place across all of Russia's 11 time zones Sunday.

Vkontakte / sobytia03

At least 200 protesters were joined by Vyacheslav Markhayev, the runner-up senator who had criticized police violence, the republic of Buryatia’s news website Babr24.com reported. The spontaneous protest initially broke out in support of detained followers of Alexander Gabyshev, a shaman who has been walking on foot to Moscow to “expel” President Vladimir Putin, media reported. Bair Tsyrenov, a member of Buryatia’s legislative assembly, warned that the protests could continue indefinitely.