Hundreds of people have rallied in Elista, the capital of Russia's southwestern Kalmykia region, to protest the appointment of a former leader of Kremlin-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, Dmitry Trapeznikov, as acting city mayor.

Hundreds of people have rallied in Elista, the capital of Russia's southwestern Kalmykia region, to protest the appointment of a former leader of Kremlin-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, Dmitry Trapeznikov, as acting city mayor. https://t.co/YzCw3Suek4 pic.twitter.com/fGiQiBxjr8

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