MOSCOW, June 5 - RAPSI. Investigators have formally charged Moscow resident Alexandra Duhanina, 18, with violence against authorities at the May 6 protest rally, said her defense attorney Alexander Arutyunov.

He added that she was also accused of participation in mass riots. Initially she was suspected of both violence and inciting unrest, but investigators have now found that she only took part in the protest.

Dukhanina is facing from three to eight years in prison. She is currently under house arrest.

Mass opposition rallies began in Moscow on May 6. Clashes with the police flared up during a procession across central Moscow approved by the authorities. Tens of people on both sides were injured. The police detained more than 400 protesters. However, opposition continued its efforts by holding a series of "people's promenades".

Two more suspects - Maxim Luzyanin and Andrei Barabanov - have been arrested in the case.