Archive for December 21st, 2008

Russia’s Protest Armageddon Averted

By Sean at 21 December, 2008, 1:35 pm

The barrage of mass protest fired in Russia’s far east ten days ago echoed with a whimper as opponents of the import car tax hike staged actions across Russia. Today’s protests lacked the manpower of the previous ones, and in Vladivostok, the epicenter of the movement, OMON easily dispersed a crowd of around a 500 [...]

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