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Hundreds of 'Bolotnaya case' supporters rally in Moscow

April 9, 2013 04:32
Some 600 people gathered on Saturday for a rally in central Moscow in support of those arrested over last year’s clashes on Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square, a police spokesman said. Members of various opposition movements, including the Left Front, Solidarity and the December 5 Party took part in the sanctioned rally in Moscow's Novopushkinsky public garden. Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov put the figure at 1,500 people. Police said more than 100 journalists and bloggers attended the event.

Russia makes latest arrest in anti-Putin protest probe

February 6, 2013 16:16
Investigators in Russia said Wednesday they had made another arrest in an ongoing probe into anti-Putin protests on Moscow's Bolotnaya square in May that led to violent clashes. Ilia Guchin, 24, is accused of blocking police from arresting another protester at the demonstration in central Moscow on May 6, on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's return to a third term in the Kremlin. The protest erupted into violent street battles between riot police and the opposition, leaving around 30 police officers and dozens of protesters injured.
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