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Russia steps up Syria evacuation efforts for nationals
AFP 19 Feb 2013
Russia on Tuesday sent two planes to Syria to pick up Russians wanting to leave the conflict-torn country as the navy...
A supporter of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" is detained by police outside a court in Moscow August 8, 2012. A state prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a three-year jail term for three women from punk band Pussy Riot, saying they had abused God when they burst into a Moscow cathedral and sang a "protest prayer" against the Russian Orthodox Church's close links to Vladimir Putin. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Russia's jailed punk rock band members sent to prison camps
Reuters 22 Oct 2012
Two female members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot convicted of protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a...
Anti-Putin protesters show their strength in Russia
Reuters 16 Sep 2012
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched though Moscow under streaming banners, flags and balloons on Saturday to...
In this Feb. 21, 2012 file photo, members of the Russian radical feminist group Pussy Riot try to perform at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. The trial of feminist punk rockers who chanted a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin from the pulpit of Russia’s largest cathedral started in Moscow Friday, July 20, 2012 amid controversy over the prank that divided devout believers, Kremlin critics and ordinary Russians.
Female punk band goes on trial in Russia for Putin protest
Reuters 30 Jul 2012
  MOSCOW – Three women who protested against Vladimir Putin in a "punk prayer" on the altar of...
Russian writers lead 10,000 on opposition march
AFP 13 May 2012
About 10,000 people, including several acclaimed writers, joined a march against Russian President Vladimir Putin on...
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Annan takes Syria peace plan to Russia
AFP 24 Mar 2012
Syrian peace envoy Kofi Annan heads to Moscow on Saturday to gauge how far Russia is willing to push its key Arab ally...
In a test for anti-Putin protesters, thousands march against the new-old president
AFP 10 Mar 2012
Russia's protest movement against Vladimir Putin on Saturday rallied several thousand people for a new...
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin waves while riding Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he arrives for the meeting with Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010.
Tens of thousands of Russians rally against Putin’s rule
AP 04 Feb 2012
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of Russians flooded downtown Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Prime Minister...
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after a meeting with Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich at a summer presidential residence in Foros, near Yalta, on July 24, 2010. Putin said on Saturday he had met with Russian spies swapped in an exchange with the United States earlier this month, and promised them a bright future in Russia. Picture taken on July 24, 2010.
Putin seems out of touch in marathon TV appearance
Reuters 15 Dec 2011
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin told the nation he was practicing ice hockey during the biggest protests of his 12-year...
Muslims pray in Moscow for Eid al-Adha
80,000 Muslims pray on the street in Moscow
AP 07 Nov 2011
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of Muslim men knelt shoulder-to-shoulder in prayer on the freezing streets of Moscow...