Biggest Putin Protest Yet: Tens of Thousands Demonstrate in Moscow
Increasingly, it looks like Russian Winter is really happening, and what went down in Moscow today solidified it: tens of thousands of Russians descended upon the Kremlin to protest the fraudulent re-election of their current president, chanting "Russia Without Putin!" The avenue where the protests were held apparently has enough room for 100,000 people, and it was packed. Alexei Navalny, lawyer and blogger who has been credited with helping to mobilize the revolution, orated:
READ MORE:"We have enough people here to take the Kremlin," he shouted to the crowd. "But we are peaceful people and we won't do that — yet. But if these crooks and thieves keep cheating us, we will take what is ours."
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/753520/biggest_putin_protest_yet%3A_tens_of_thousands_demonstrate_in_moscow/
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