Russia rocked by new mass anti-Putin rally

Russia on Sunday came to terms with its second mass opposition rally within a month which was even bigger and more sharply critical of strongman Vladimir Putin than the first such protest two weeks ago.



Organisers said 120,000 people attended the extraordinary rally in central Moscow on Saturday where protesters chanted slogans against Mr Putin and called for the annulment of disputed December elections won by his party.

Police put the numbers at 29,000 but the turnout was clearly bigger than the first rally two weeks ago which smashed the taboo in Russia against mass opposition protests.

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