Russians stage rival protests over Putin
<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/russians-stage-rival-protests-over-putin-102834431.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kGQUFknGr1a1m3p5ua0d3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-04T104825Z_1_BTRE8130T3T00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Protesters march with Russian flag banners during a demonstration for fair elections in central Moscow" align="left" title="Protesters march with Russian flag banners during a demonstration for fair elections in central Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, and thousands of others staged a rally supporting the prime minister. Opposition protesters also organised smaller protests in other cities across the vast country, one month before the March 4 presidential election which Putin is expected to win. Putin was president from 2000 until 2008, when he ushered Medevedev into the Kremlin because of a constitutional ban on three successive terms as head of state. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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