Vladimir Putin is set to face the biggest show of opposition yet to his strongman rule with tens of thousands of Russians promising to take to the streets on Saturday in a popular wave of discontent unseen since he came to power 12 years ago. The opposition coalesced around a set of concrete demands, including [...]
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December 10, 2011
November 12, 2011
Warsaw Independence Day clashes see 200 arrests (VIDEO)
Violent clashes have marred Independence Day in the Polish capital with at least 29 people taken to hospital and more than 200 detained by Friday night, nearly half of them Germans. Three police officers are reported to be seriously injured. As the police tried to keep swelling nationalist and anti-fascist marches apart, the celebrations started [...]
