Just Before noon on a recent saturday 2,000 or so Russians arrived in Moscow's Pushkin Square for a demonstration against the Kremlin. They were greeted by 9,000 riot police, who divided the crowd and blocked off city streets to prevent the protesters from making their way to the square. As the dissidents moved down Tverskaya street, police ran at them and attacked some. "Fascists!" shouted one man. "Boys, don't beat me!" a woman pleaded.
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