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Putin faces wave of protests as opposition calls for new Russian elections
The Guardian ^ | Friday 9 December 2011 | Miriam Elder

Posted on 12/09/2011 6:26:56 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Edited on 12/09/2011 6:37:24 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Supporters of Russian communist party hold a rally in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Protests against the recent election results are growing across Russia.

Vladimir Putin is set to face the biggest show of opposition yet to his strongman rule with tens of thousands of Russians promising to take to the streets on Saturday in a popular wave of discontent unseen since he came to power 12 years ago.


(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Russia
KEYWORDS: putin; puto; russia; vladtheembezzler

1 posted on 12/09/2011 6:27:00 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Occupy Vlad.


2 posted on 12/09/2011 6:44:30 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Holding our flawed politicians to higher standards than the enemyÂ’s politicians guarantees they win)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Vlad is no Mubarak. The gulags may get repopulated.


3 posted on 12/09/2011 7:05:56 PM PST by Truth29
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To: MinorityRepublican

Watch out. The commies are playing a role here to help Putin and to stifle the legit activists in Russia.


4 posted on 12/09/2011 7:17:16 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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Thanks MinorityRepublican. G'night all.
5 posted on 12/09/2011 8:47:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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