Resilient Russian Democracy Movement Refuses to be Trampled by Repressive Putin Dictatorship

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Protests are looking permanent in Russia

The Christian Science Monitor

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of downtown Moscow today in a show of opposition force which is the clearest indication yet that the pro-democracy movement brought to life by widespread perceptions of electoral fraud last December has become a permanent feature of Russia.

Russia protests keep Russian Democracy Movement dream alive

The Christian Science Monitor

Twenty-one years ago on June 12, a dream of democracy was born for Russia. That’s when Boris Yeltsin was elected president, declaring independence from a soon-to-fall Soviet Union. Yet on this 21st anniversary, tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets, hoping to recapture that lost dream.