A man rides a bicycle along an embankment of the Moskva river, with the Taynitskaya Tower of the Kremlin seen in the background, in central Moscow, Russia, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday said calls from prominent Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny to hold a protest rally in the centre of Moscow on Sunday were an illegal provocation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters that official permission had not been granted for the rally, which organisers say is to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
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