Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Moscow and around Russia on June 12, 2012 against President Vladimir Putin's third term, despite a police crackdown on their leaders a day earlier.
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Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Moscow and around Russia on June 12, 2012 against President Vladimir Putin's third term, despite a police crackdown on their leaders a day earlier.
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Opposition activists carry a carry a model of a prison cell with the cut-out figure of Putin during a rally in St. Petersburg.
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Opposition activists carry a carry a model of a prison cell with the cut-out figure of Putin during a rally in St. Petersburg.
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As protests took place nearby, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second left, clink glasses in the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
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As protests took place nearby, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second left, clink glasses in the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
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One of Russia's opposition leaders, former first deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, speaks during the opposition rally in Moscow.
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One of Russia's opposition leaders, former first deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, speaks during the opposition rally in Moscow.
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Nationalists carry the black-yellow-white flags of the Russian Empire as they take part in an anti-Putin rally in Moscow.
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Nationalists carry the black-yellow-white flags of the Russian Empire as they take part in an anti-Putin rally in Moscow.
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Russian anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny stands at the entrance to a Federal Investigative Commision office in Moscow. He was arriving for questioning as part of a probe into last month's demonstration with bloody battles between riot police and a mostly young crowd.
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Russian anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny stands at the entrance to a Federal Investigative Commision office in Moscow. He was arriving for questioning as part of a probe into last month's demonstration with bloody battles between riot police and a mostly young crowd.
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