Sunday, April 15, 2007

Moscow violence

Moscow police beat anti-Putin protesters (AP)

An opposition demonstrator holding a rose, symbol of revolution, as she stands in front of riot police blocking the way during a protest in Moscow, Saturday, April 14, 2007. Thousands of police, many of them in helmets and wielding nightsticks, were at the square and scores of people were detained at a forbidden opposition march in Moscow on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Riot police beat and detained protesters as thousands defied an official ban and attempted to stage a rally Saturday against President Vladimir Putin's government, which opponents accuse of rolling back freedoms Russians have enjoyed since the end of Soviet communism.


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