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Putin Faces Protests Over Rising Prices

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly facing growing public dissent over alleged government corruption and rising prices. Protests have voiced strong criticism of the regime, amid repression ...
MOSCOW -- It takes a certain kind of bravery to protest in President Vladimir Putin's Russia, especially on the day he sends his country to war. I watched hundreds of people on a bitterly cold evening ...
Over the weekend, thousands of Russians hit the streets to protest the arrest of Alexei Navalny, one of the harshest critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the government keeping him in power ...
In the USSR, Soviet TV often showed the ballet following the death of Soviet leaders, and it was back on Soviet TV screens in ...
Georgia has been facing a wave of protests against its government's repressive policies. The demonstrations began in November ...
Italy has summoned Russia's deputy ambassador to protest what it said were "vulgar" remarks which linked the collapse of a ...
Former Odesa City Council member Valentyn Chernov has been detained by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies on suspicion of ...
In Delhi, parents, brothers and sisters of Indians tricked into enlisting in the Russian army came out to protest, "Rain" ...