Russian riot police today violently clashed with protesters at a rally on the eve of Vladimir Putin's return for a third Kremlin term, arresting over 250 people. full story ![]()
MOSCOW—About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration.
denverpost.com (17 days ago)
MOSCOW (AP) — About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration.
boston.com (18 days ago)
MOSCOW — About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration. Monday's turnout — far less than the 100,000 or more who marched through Moscow with giddy optimism ahead of Putin's election to a third term — reflected a wariness that has...
bostonherald.com (17 days ago)
Opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin are gathering for a major protest rally that will be carried LIVE on CBCNews.ca at 11 a.m. ET. It marks the one-year anniversary of a protest on the eve of Putin's inauguration that ended in clashes between police and demonstrators.
cbc.ca (18 days ago)

About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration.
azstarnet.com (18 days ago)
A year on from Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin, thousands of Muscovites rallied in a central Moscow square to protest against his rule. “Putin is a thief!” was a popular chant at the rally. “We are fighting for Russia, for our country, our future,” said Gennady Gudkov a former MP who has been stripped of his mandate since joining the opposition movement.
independent.co.uk (18 days ago)

Russian police arrest dozens of protesters in Red Square, Moscow, on Saturday as they take part in an anit-Putin demonstration
guardian.co.uk (26 days ago)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A rare public clash between two leading figures in Russia's state-dominated oil industry hints at a split in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and could be intended to rein in one of his closest advisers.
reuters.com (7 days ago)

The fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky who died from hanging in Berkshire had "caved in" and written to President Vladimir Putin seeking permission to return to Moscow, a girlfriend of the businessman has said.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 21 days ago)
Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets in the Russian capital Monday evening to demand an end to the rule of President Vladimir Putin and the release of political prisoners.
wsj.com (18 days ago)
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