Russian opposition leader
Alexei Navalny has told supporters he will fight and win the Moscow
mayoral vote, after he was freed from jail pending an appeal against a
five-year jail term.
He has returned to Moscow from Kirov, where a judge convicted him of embezzlement, in a case widely condemned as political.The court ruled on Friday he could go back to Moscow until the appeal.
The jail term has been criticised by the US, EU and human rights groups.
Standing beside his wife Yulia, Navalny told a crowd of supporters at Yaroslavsky station on Saturday that "we are going to stand in the elections and we will win".
"We are a huge powerful force. We have taken away the Kremlin's privilege to put people in prison never to be seen again."
He was accepted as a candidate in the 8 September mayoral poll shortly before he was found guilty of embezzlement and there had been some doubt over whether he would run.
The anti-corruption activist said he would take part in campaigning for the election as long as it was possible.