Tens of thousands protest Russian election

Central Moscow roiled Saturday with the largest anti-government protests that post-Soviet Russia has ever seen. People gathered to criticize electoral fraud and demand an end to Vladimir Putin's rule.

  1. But who's calling it a revolution?RT @arahsultana The "revolution" in Russia has been titled "The Snow Revolution" by the media. I like it!
  2. Russia's day of anti-Putin protests ends with drama, uncertainty about future bit.ly/uH4wKl
  3. Сегодняшний митинг с вертолета (еще фото тут: t.co/QuORqp2E) t.co/R7C0aMZX
  4. "Putin is a thief." -Tens of thousands of Russians. #Free #Russia from #Putin. #OccupyRussia http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/world/europe/thousands-protest-in-moscow-russia-in-defiance-of-putin.html?_r=1&hp
  5. @markmackinnon Worth mentioning that Rus parties are not very representative because no new ones able to register since 2004; only 7 left.
  6. Today is one of those days when I am so happy I became a journalist.
  7. Scenes that were unfathomable even a week ago - my report from the breakthrough opposition protest in Moscow: theglobeandmail.com/news/world/at-…
  8. I saw at least one remote-control photo-copter flying around RT "@Hamitik: @aavst Лучшее фото twitpic.com/7rf686"
  9. (Interesting but in Russian) Interactive map of fraud in #Russia + numbers to report it kartanarusheniy.ru #Dec10 #Putin #Moscow
  10. Putin protesters outnumber Lenin mourners (1924)? Dmitry Moiseenko Foto:'Swindlers & thieves give our election back' http://pic.twitter.com/20l2yB3h
  11. Putin blames Hilary Clinton for anti-gov protests. Did you not learn from Gadhafi that the crazy conspiracy method doesn't convince anyone?
  12. Geography of the protests. It's not just for effete Moscow intellectuals anymore. http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1834402?stamp=634591462392270016
  13. Our live blog on developments in Russia, where tens of thousands of people are protesting the election process: nyti.ms/vw5AMi
  14. About 10,000 protesters gather in St Petersburg #Russia for post-election protest, police say - AFP bbc.in/rYVO7b #10dec
  15. Russians fight Twitter and Facebook battles over Putin election bit.ly/vuwmuw
  16. At least 50,000 police and riot troops deployed in Moscow ahead of Saturday protests bbc.in/vbSSKJ

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