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July 16, 2020

Russian Police Arrest Dozens of Protesters Demanding Putin's Resignation
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In Moscow, Russia, police arrested dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators
Wednesday as they protested constitutional reforms paving the way for
President Vladimir Putin to remain in power for another 16 years. The
mass arrests follow days of large-scale protests against Putin in
Russia's far east that erupted after the arrest of a regional governor
on murder charges. The protesters say the charges are trumped up and
aimed at unseating a governor who beat a Kremlin-backed candidate in a
2018 election. 


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