MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent, Alexei Navalny, said on Wednesday he would file hundreds of legal challenges to Moscow mayoral election results he says were rigged to give a Kremlin ally victory.
Sergei Sobyanin, who was appointed mayor by the Kremlin in 2010 but called an early election to increase his legitimacy, won the vote on Sunday with 51.3 percent - enough to avoid a second-round run-off against Navalny, who had 27.3 percent.
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