Authorities said the proposed demonstration would disturb traffic and violate the rights of Muscovites.
The organizers were offered an alternative location outside the downtown area.
Russia has seen several large-scale demonstrations since parliamentary elections in December that were widely viewed as falsified.
After tens of thousands turned out for late-December anti-Kremlin and anti-Putin rallies, critics of the country’s current leadership around the country slated February 4 as the date for the next major demonstrations.
Protesters have called on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is seeking to return to the Kremlin in a presidential election in March, to resign.
compiled from agency reports
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