Denis Pinchuk
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/ 16 April 2007

Police beat anti-Putin protesters in St Petersburg

Riot police wielding batons beat, kicked and chased anti-Kremlin protesters through the heart of St Petersburg on Sunday, a day after Russian authorities snuffed out a similar rally in Moscow. In the last few months police tactics against opposition marches have been to forcefully clear them off the streets after a certain period of time.