Thousands in anti-dictatorship protest in Moscow criticize Putin holding pictures of jailed dissidents and human rights defenders arrested during regime

Thousands protest Putin’s crackdown in Russia

AFP – Several thousand Russians marched through central Moscow on Sunday in a new protest at President Vladimir Putin’s rule and a judicial crackdown against opponents. Chanting “Putin is a thief” and “Freedom to political prisoners!”, protesters marched.

Greenpeace activist hangs off Eiffel Tower in Russia protest

A Greenpeace activist Saturday staged a two-hour protest in a tent suspended from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower against Russia’s detention of 30 members of the environmental lobby group. The activist also unveiled a banner.