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Putin foes hold mass walk in his native town

The peculiar silent strolls used by Moscow protesters against Vladimir Putin spread Sunday to his native Saint Petersburg and at least two other cities in a test of the movement’s national strength. Moscow Echo radio estimated that 2,000 people came out for the “test walk” — the title used last week