<p>More than 10,000 people streamed onto Moscow’s Sakharov Avenue in a state-sanctioned rally against plans to demolish 4,500 Soviet-era buildings to make way for modern apartment blocks.</p><p>Supporters say the project will replace inadequate housing with higher quality homes, but protesters fear</a> being forced to move from their neighborhoods or that their properties would drop in value, and corruption would take hold.</p><p>Among the crowd was opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, who was blocked by police</a> when trying to take to the stage. While Navalny was in attendance, the protest was the product of a large-scale grassroots movement</a> not organized by the political opposition.</p><br />
