Putin Moves to Crush Public Dissent

Putin Moves to Crush Public Dissent

AFTER VLADIMIR PUTIN announced his plans to return to the Russian presidency last September, discontent erupted in Moscow and other cities. Tens of thousands of people who had been indifferent to politics for many years spontaneously turned out at rallies, expressing disapproval of Mr. Putin’s job switch with then-president Dmitry Medvedev and the blatant irregularities in the December parliamentary elections.

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