Protesting Putin
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St. Petersburg, Russia
Thousands of demonstrators in St. Petersburg defied a police ban last week, staging what they called a “march of dissenters” to protest the “police state” tactics of President Vladimir Putin. The rally was organized by Other Russia, an alliance comprising small parties led by the likes of chess champion Garry Kaspa
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