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Dueling demonstrations held in Moscow

Pro-Putin rally is organized by government

By Andrew E. Kramer and Ellen Barry

 |  New York Times  

  February 05, 2012

Anti-government protesters managed to gather a third huge crowd in the center of Moscow yesterday, undeterred by arctic, bitter cold or by the near certainty that Vladimir V. Putin will win a six-year presidential term next month. This time, Russian authorities were prepared, organizing a simultaneous, and also huge, rally in defense of Putin where speakers issued dire warnings of the possible consequences of continued protest: revolution and the breakup of the country.

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