Police crack down on anti-Putin protesters
hMOSCOW — Forcing a showdown with the government of President Vladimir V. Putin, leaders of the Russian political opposition took to the streets on Saturday afternoon for an unsanctioned demonstration in a symbolic square in Moscow that is home to the headquarters of the federal security services as well as a monument to victims of Soviet political repression.
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Sorry, this doesn’t surprise me… good post though…