Special Forces of the Russian Interior Ministry were sent to Moscow to "ensure security", said on Tuesday an official from the ministry, a day after a massive demonstration against the opposition party won the election of Vladimir Putin.

These special troops "have only one purpose: to ensure security of the citizens' level of alert in a" consolidated, "said Lt. Col. Vasily Pancekov contacted by Interfax agency as information on the arrival of trucks with soldiers in Moscow.

More special forces teams, mainly Dzerzhinsky Division - one of the elite units of the Moscow region - have been mobilized to ensure that public order in the capital, AFP said a police spokesman in Moscow.
Several thousand people protested on Monday evening in Moscow, from election fraud, chanting "Revolution" and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Protest, of a magnitude unprecedented in Putin's Russia, took place just a day after the election law, Putin's party won, United Russia.

Over 300 protesters, including anti-corruption blogger Alexei impetuous, were detained by police near Lubyanka market where it has its FSB, former KGB.

Spontaneous march organizers whose purpose was opposition Central Electoral Commission held Monday evening Tuesday and likely will be judged up to 15 days in jail, said Olga Sorin, Solidarnost movement spokeswoman, told AFP.

Putin's supporters gathered Tuesday in central Moscow to celebrate the victory of pro-Kremlin party, United Russia in elections, reports RIA Novosti. About 15,000 young people were prepared to defend the election outcome. Godparents were agitated demonstrators from moving portraits of Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin.

Washington wants to increase funding of Russian NGOs

The United States is willing to increase funding granted Russian NGOs to ensure transparency of elections in March 2012, said Monday evening spokesman for the U.S. Department of State, Mark Toner.

"We must spend more to ensure freedom and transparency of the Russian presidential elections. We try to support non-governmental organizations and the electoral process itself, not political parties, "said U.S. diplomacy spokesman, quoted by Ria Novosti.

State Department budget for 2012 provides for more than $ 9 million Russian NGOs.

Toner said that Washington will not abandon the policy of the Russian-American relations recovery following information on irregularities to the legislatures of 4 December.

Also Monday, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said he was concerned about the elections in Russia and said the OSCE report raises questions. She spoke about the reports of independent observers, who said they were harassed and targeted by attacks.