Russian political activist and blogger Alexei Navalny has been greeted by hundreds of ecstatic supporters following his release from prison on fraud charges.
Navalny, 37, shouted his thanks as he was presented with flowers and lifted over the heads of opposition activists at a Moscow railway station.
Navalny intends to challenge Putin for the Presidency Hand in hand with his wife Yulia, Russia's main opposition leader stepped off a train from the city of Kirov after being unexpectedly freed pending an appeal against his five-year sentence.
Police in riot gear linked arms to hold back supporters who gathered on an opposite platform and beyond the ticket barriers, some wearing T-shirts with the slogan: "Navalny's brother".
A few managed to break through and handed bouquets of roses and chrysanthemums to Navalny's wife.
Grabbing a megaphone, Navalny thanked the crowd for their support.
"I didn't doubt for a second that we would win," he said. "I just didn't believe it would only take two days!
"I want to say 'sorry' for not believing in you enough."
He confirmed his bid for Moscow mayor was back on track, having registered as candidate shortly before his conviction on Thursday.
"The campaign will continue," he vowed. "Let's get to work."
The corruption-fighting lawyer, rose to prominence among the opposition during a series of protests in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin's re-election in March 2012.
Demonstrators had taken to the streets of Moscow to protest his detention His conviction prompted criticism from the US and the European Union.
He has said he wants to challenge Mr Putin for the presidency in the next election, and believes his prosecution was politically motivated.
Meanwhile, Russian police have said they will pursue vandalism charges against whoever wrote offensive graffiti on the building of Russia's parliament, deriding President Putin.
Several thousand protesters had taken to the streets of Moscow to protest Navalny's imprisonment during which "Putin is a thief" and "Putin is gay" was scrawled on the lower house of parliament.
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