Two Russian anti-Putin activists jailed over clashes

On the 25 July 2014 a Moscow court sentenced two protest leaders from the "mass riots" against President Vladimir Putin in May 2012 to four-and-a-half years in jail.

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The Guardian, 24.07.14: Russian opposition leader jailed in Bolotnaya Square protest case http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/russian-opposition-leader-jailed-bolotnaya-square-sergei-udaltsov-putin

ESO: Background information: Protesters’ stand against Putin turns violent / The paradox of Putin’s third term http://www.europeansources.info/record/protesters-stand-against-putin-turns-violent-the-paradox-of-putins-third-term/

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