Protesters block main avenue in Putin's hometown
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At least 2,000 Russian  protesters broke through police lines and blocked St  Petersburg's main thoroughfare on Saturday, in an unusually  bold show of opposition to the Kremlin.
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Hundreds of Russian pensioners take to the streets in fresh protests against the reform of public benefits.
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KIEV -- Tens of thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko filled Kiev's main square yesterday, joining planned nationwide protests over alleged election fraud.
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Violent street clashes usher in a year of elections and call into question the claim that eight years of Putin rule has created stability in Russia
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia  - Hundreds of protesters ransacked and occupied the regional administration building in a southern Russian province Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the region's president, whose former son-in-law has been linked to a multiple slaying.
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An unusually large and unruly public protest against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin ended with more than 100 arrests.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - More than a thousand anti-war protesters rallied near President George W. Bush's family compound on Sunday as he prepared to host Russian President Vladimir Putin for a fence-mending summit.
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A pro-opposition convoy trying to rally support for presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was turned back from his rival&#39;s hometown Tuesday after Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych&#39;s supporters blocked the road.
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Thousands of poor Russians demonstrated across Russia on Saturday as part of a campaign of protest against abolition of some benefits that has dented President Vladimir Putin's popularity.
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KHIMKI, Russia, Jan. 15 - Mikhail I. Yermakov, a retired engineer, has never before taken to the streets to protest - not when the Soviet Union collapsed, the wars in Chechnya began, the ruble plummeted in 1998 or President Vladimir V. Putin last year ended his right to choose his governor.
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Ukraine faced more mass street protests Tuesday from an opposition complaining it was cheated of the presidency by the Moscow-backed government, and the political split threatened to turn violent.
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Hundreds of locals rallied in the town of Stavropol in southern Russia on Tuesday, demanding the eviction of ethnic Chechens, witnesses and media said, reviving memories of racial riots in other parts of the country.
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Residents of the Russian town of Beslan,  scene of a hostage bloodbath at a school last year, took to the  streets on Friday to protest at what they consider an official  cover-up of the tragedy.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, July 1 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived here Sunday for a patch-up session at the Bush family compound as war protesters filled this resort town to demand the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
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Right-wing nationalists and residents in a northern Russian town clashed with riot police and destroyed a restaurant, activists and witnesses said Saturday.
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An opposition Web site in the  southern Russian region of Ingushetia accused local authorities  on Thursday of trying to shut it down after it promoted  protests and published details of kidnaps and murders.
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Tens of thousands of Ukrainians jammed into their capital&#39;s main plaza yesterday to protest the apparent victory of the country&#39;s Russia-backed prime minister in this weekend&#39;s