Russia Protests

80 Arrested At Russian Opposition Rallies

AP | Posted 05.31.2012

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MOSCOW -- Russian police have dispersed small anti-Kremlin rallies and detained several dozen protesters. Police said 80 people were detained in Mosc...

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Picturing Putin's Russia

Mark D. Steinberg | Posted 05.29.2012

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Laughing mockery of power may let off steam. But it may also be a sign of something consequential: that many Russians, audacious and without fear, feel that Putinism has become an embarrassment and a hindrance.

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18-Year-Old Protester Under House Arrest

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.29.2012

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MOSCOW -- An 18-year-old opposition demonstrator accused of assaulting police was put under house arrest on Tuesday by a Moscow court amid a widening ...

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Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny: "Putin Won't Last for Another Six Years'

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 05.18.2012

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The task Alexey Navalny has set himself, exposing corruption in Russia, seems too big for one person. But Russians are sick of corruption -- and this could topple Putin, Navalny says.

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Russian Opposition Leader Jailed

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 05.17.2012

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MOSCOW -- A prominent Russian opposition leader was sentenced Thursday to 10 days in jail, a day after being arrested at a rally as activists try to k...

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Police Uproot Russia Protest Camp

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police dispersed a protest camp in central Moscow that had become a rallying point...

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Police Uproot Russian Protest Camp

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.17.2012

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MOSCOW — Russian police arrested about 20 protesters on Wednesday night at a central Moscow square where demonstrators had moved after police up...

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Anti-Putin Protesters March On Moscow

AP | ANDREY BULAY | Posted 05.13.2012

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MOSCOW -- Prominent Russian novelists and poets led a street protest by more than 10,000 people in Moscow on Sunday without obtaining the required per...

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Putin's Troubled First Week In Office

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 05.12.2012

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MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin appeared to shed tears of joy the night he won back the presidency in March. After less than a week in office, he may be temp...

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200 Activists Occupy Moscow Plaza

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 05.11.2012

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MOSCOW — Some 200 activists are camping out in central Moscow to protest the election of Vladimir Putin and the arrest of two opposition leaders...

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Russian Opposition Crackdown

AP | Posted 05.10.2012

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MOSCOW -- Two of Russia's most prominent opposition leaders were sentenced Wednesday to 15 days in jail, while several dozen opposition activists who ...

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Vladimir Putin Sworn In For Third Term As Russia's President

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 05.07.2012

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MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in a brief but regal Kremlin ceremony on Monday, while on the streets outside thousands of helme...

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Police In Russia Arrest Top Opposition Figures, Demonstrators At Protest

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 05.06.2012

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MOSCOW — A demonstration by at least 20,000 people on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president turned into a battle with police Sun...

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LOOK: Moscow Police Arrest 55 In Protests

AP | MIKHAIL METZEL | Posted 04.01.2012

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MOSCOW -- Police detained about 55 protesters on Sunday outside the gates to Red Square, which was unexpectedly closed to all visitors and tourists to...

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Dozens Detained At Anti-Putin Protests

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 05.17.2012

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MOSCOW — Russian police detained around two dozen anti-government protesters Saturday as hundreds rallied in downtown Moscow to denounce Vladimi...

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Jubilant Putin Slams Opposition

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.07.2012

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MOSCOW -- A jubilant Vladimir Putin on Wednesday shrugged off opposition claims that his presidential election victory was unfair and marred by fraud,...

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Putin Calls In The Riot Police

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012

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By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, March 6 (Reuters) - Russian opposition leaders accused Vladimir Putin of changing tactics to crack down on...

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Russia Police Arrest Dozens As Election Fraud Claims Grow

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA and MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 05.05.2012

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MOSCOW — An attempt by Vladimir Putin's foes to protest his presidential election victory by occupying a Moscow square ended Monday with riot po...

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The Revolution That Wasn't

The European Magazine | Posted 05.01.2012

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Of course one has to be careful about taking their statements at face value, but a bit of research backs up their pessimism: There will be no Russian Spring. But why not?

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Russian Artists Creatively Protest With Condoms

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 05.01.2012

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PERM, Russia — In Vladimir Putin's Russia, artists have done art and left politics to the politicians. But the wave of protests that followed f...

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Can Enlightenment Come to Russia?

Katrina Lantos Swett | Posted 04.17.2012

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There is renewed hope that Mikhail Khodorkovsky may one day breathe the air of freedom. And yet, the bizarre posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky, is a chilling reminder that the Russian winter is by no means over.

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Protesters Brave Grueling Conditions

AP | ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO | Posted 04.12.2012

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MOSCOW — The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youth...

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Putin: If You Elect Me, You'll Get A Bigger Say. I Promise.

AP | Posted 04.07.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is running for a third term as president, on Monday promised Russians a bigger say in polit...

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Russia's Unlikely Protestors Lead Rally In Song

AP | By MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 04.06.2012

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MOSCOW -- The most popular protest song in Moscow today comes from burly men in blue berets, unlikely heroes of a peaceful middle-class movement chall...

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Tens Of Thousands Rally Against Putin

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 04.05.2012

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MOSCOW — Their frozen breath rising in the brutally frigid air, tens of thousands of protesters marched through downtown Moscow on Saturday to k...

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