Saturday opposition rally not approved - Moscow official

The municipal authorities in Moscow refused on Wednesday to okay a planned opposition Freedom March, city security chief Alexey Mayorov said

, RIA Novosti reports.

“The negotiations are over. Regrettably, the event has not been approved,” he said.

The negotiations started on Monday. The organizers insisted that the march route end at one of the city’s central squares, a demand that the Moscow government turned down.