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After Landslide Victory, Putin Faces Public Backlash
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won a landslide victory in Russia's presidential elections Sunday. The morning after, he woke up to a new challenge: Russia's increasingly empowered urban middle class.
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Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, a candidate in the recent presidential elections, greeted supporters and naysayers in the crowd, March 5, 2012, (VOA - Y. Weeks).
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Riot police and protesters on Pushkin square, March 5, 2012, (VOA - Y. Weeks).
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Huge numbers of riot police gathered near Pushkin Square. By evening's end 600 protesters were arrested in Moscow and St. Petersburg, March 5, 2012, (VOA - Y. Weeks).
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A protester hands out anit-Putin DVDs, March 5, 2012, (VOA - Y. Weeks).