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Sat, 2012-02-25 16:09
The demonstrators marched Saturday through St. Petersburg’s streets, chanting slogans including “Putin is a thief.”
Police presence was heavy, but no arrests were reported in the rally, which had official sanction.
The turnout was smaller than many of the demonstrations that broke out in Russia after fraud-tainted parliamentary elections in December. Several protests in Moscow have drawn 50,000 or more, the largest show of public anger in post-Soviet Russia.
Putin, who was Russian president in 2000-2008, is widely expected to win against four challengers in the March 4 election.
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