Retiree Protests Spread Across Russia
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A thousand retired people tried to block the road to a Moscow airport Saturday as 10,000 others jammed the avenues in President Vladimir Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg to voice their anger over a law that stripped them of some key welfare benefits. It was the largest show of discontent since the Kremlin leader took power nearly five years ago.
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Tens of thousands of anti-government protestors have been demonstrating on the streets of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, ahead of next weekend's presidential election.
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A protest in Moscow led by chess champion Garry Kasparov and other critics of President Vladimir Putin ended peacefully Monday in marked contrast to their last demonstration in the capital which culminated in beatings and arrests.
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Mass protests force the Russian cabinet to spend $3,7bn (Â£2bn) to soften the blow from benefits reform.
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Hundreds of Chechens have marched in the capital, Grozny, to protest against moves to pardon a Russian ex-colonel jailed for murdering a Chechen girl.
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SHANGHAI  - Thousands of retired textile factory workers in an eastern Chinese industrial centre blocked traffic in a weekend protest over the failure of their pensions to keep pace with rising prices, officials and labour advocates said Monday.
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MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of demonstrators waving banners and flags gathered in Red Square in a show of unity against terrorism as the country mourned the hundreds of victims of a hostage-taking at a school in southern Russia.    More than 100,000 people were expected to take part in the evening rally in the capital, organized by a pro-government trade union and advertised on state-controlled television by celebrities who appealed to citizens to turn out to say no to terror...
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Residents nationwide are increasingly protesting their associations' fees and rules.
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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
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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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MOSCOW - Waving flags and banners, tens of thousands of Russians demonstrated against terrorism Tuesday, massing outside the Kremlin in response to government calls for solidarity after a series of deadly attacks that have killed more than 400 people.    The growing crowd stood still for a moment of silence in memory of victims, starting the rally after a clock atop the Kremlin's Spassky Tower struck 5 p.m...
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More than 100,000 people are expected in central Moscow at an &quot;anti-terror&quot; rally amid mounting rage across the country over the bloody hostage siege in southern Russia.
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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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n bicycles, on foot, and some with their children in tow, tens of thousands of people moved through areas of Manhattan today in rallies or mass demonstrations, carrying messages against war and the Bush administration.
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Russian riot police break up a rare rally by opponents to President Vladimir Putin in central St Petersburg.
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WASHINGTON : Dozens of political figures including former heads of state and government have signed a letter calling on the West to toughen its stand on the state of democracy in Russia.
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Over 15,000 teachers and kindergarten employees went on rallies and strikes all over Russia's Far Eastern region of Primorye as part of nationwide demand for higher pay.