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Protesters and police clash in Moscow
Summary with new information since yesterday, from articles in English
Putin's foes said the harsh handling of demonstrators, who included many elderly people, would fuel a growing sense that the leader is strangling democracy ahead of parliamentary elections in December and a presidential vote next spring . (article 3)
Opinion polls rate Putin as Russia's most popular political figure by far, thanks to newfound political stability and rapid economic growth fueled by high world oil prices . (article 3)
The Rossiya channel on Sunday showed only brief footage of the Moscow protest after opening with a report on Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a martial arts match . (article 3)
The participants gathered at a square in the city centre, but were encircled by a similar number of riot police and prevented from marching . (article 4)
A number of participants had been detained on arrival in the city, including the leader of the Pora youth movement Andrey Sidelnikov and Olga Kurnosova, the local head of Mr Kasparov's United Civil Front . (article 4)
Essentially barred from access to television, members of Other Russia have embraced street protests as the only platform to voice their opposition ahead of parliamentary elections in December and presidential elections next March .
Ministry troops tried to block the way by setting up cordons ahead of the marchers, in a cat and mouse chase through central Moscow .
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Source articles
- Thousands flout protest ban in Moscow (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/15/2007, 277 words)
- Kasparov Freed After Anti-Putin Rally (time.com, 04/14/2007, 927 words)
- Russia Police Detain Dozens for 2nd Day (baltimoresun.com, 04/15/2007, 816 words)
- Russian opposition in fresh rally (BBC News, 04/15/2007, 406 words)
- Protesters and police clash in Moscow (boston.com, 04/15/2007, 569 words)
- Dozens Arrested as Riot Police Beat Anti-Kremlin Protesters in St. Petersburg (Washington Post, 04/16/2007, 11 words)
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