Russia frees jailed protester as teachers, priests demand end to crackdown

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court freed an opposition protester from custody on Wednesday, as school teachers and Orthodox priests told authorities to rein in a crackdown following the biggest anti-Kremlin protests in the capital for years.

The court released Aidar Gubaydulin, who faced years in jail for assaulting a police officer at a protest last month, on bail. His supporters say all he had done was throw a plastic bottle at a police officer and that he had missed his target.