Protests and Counterprotests in Russia

Thousands Protest Against Putin  After a narrow win by the Prime Minister's party, United Russia, demonstrators take to the streets in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Sergey Ponomarev / AP

Moscow, December 5, 2011
A man wears a Vladimir Putin mask at a rally in Moscow, Dec. 5, 2011. Several thousand people protested against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party, which won the largest share of a parliamentary election that observers said was rigged. 

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