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Protests, mass arrests and clashes with police mark Vladimir Putin’s inauguration

Posted by Elena Vlasenko on May 8, 2012 in Bolotnaya Sqaure, Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, Dmitry Medve, Elena Vlasenko, Freedom of Expression, Moscow, Press freedom, protest, RSS Syndicated Posts, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Following an inauguration ceremony on Monday, Vladimir Putin is once again Russia’s president. After an absence of four years, Putin won a third term as president in controversial elections in March. But as former President Dmitry Medvedev ret…