
Protesters Take to Moscow’s Streets
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny among those arrested after one of the biggest protests in Moscow for years By Miriam Elder March 5, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/05/putin-protesters-moscow Thousands of Russians streamed through metal detectors for hours,…

Vast Rally in Moscow Is a Challenge to Putin’s Power
Ellen Barry and Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 12-24-2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/world/europe/tens-of-thousands-of-protesters-gather-in-moscow-russia.html?pagewanted=all MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of citizens converged in Moscow on Saturday for the second huge antigovernment demonstration in a month, an early…