Putin Aide Says Foreign Hands Are Behind Protests -- New York Times
MOSCOW — On the eve of a third major anti-government demonstration, a trusted aide to Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin said that Russian intelligence services “two or three years ago” reported that there were plans for the outbreak of street protests in Moscow, implying that a blueprint for political unrest was drawn up in Washington.
The aide, Dmitri S. Peskov, Mr. Putin’s spokesman, said in an interview on Thursday that the authorities saw the protests as evidence of growing demands for political participation, especially among the urban middle class, and would introduce “significant changes in terms of liberalizing and modernizing our political system.”
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More News On Russia's Presidential Election
Russia’s Democracy Movement Faces a Test of Strength Saturday -- Voice of America
Putin’s Opposition to Demonstrate a Month Before Russians Vote -- Bloomberg
Russia Protest Leaders Urge ‘Not One Vote for Putin’ -- RIA Novosti
Anti-Putin protesters battle cold and divisions -- Reuters
At Moscow Rally, Fighting the Cold and the Kremlin -- New York Times
Feminist punk band Pussy Riot take revolt to the Kremlin -- The Guardian
Russian police accused of scare tactics before anti-Putin rally -- The Guardian
Mikhail Prokhorov promises to give away billions if he wins Russian presidency -- Rhe Telegraph
Low-key Prokhorov takes to Russian stump -- Washington Post
Russians in provinces support Vladimir Putin but not his party -- L.A. Times
Anti-Putin protesters battle cold and divisions -- Reuters
At Moscow Rally, Fighting the Cold and the Kremlin -- New York Times
Feminist punk band Pussy Riot take revolt to the Kremlin -- The Guardian
Russian police accused of scare tactics before anti-Putin rally -- The Guardian
Mikhail Prokhorov promises to give away billions if he wins Russian presidency -- Rhe Telegraph
Low-key Prokhorov takes to Russian stump -- Washington Post
Russians in provinces support Vladimir Putin but not his party -- L.A. Times
Putin’s campaign focuses on working class as he loses touch with urban elites -- Washington Post/AP
Russia's Putin courts investors with compensation pledge -- Reuters
Putin says he may face runoff in Russia's election -- FOX News
Rosenberg's Russia: On the election trail -- BBC
At Moscow Rally, Fighting the Cold and the Kremlin -- New York Times
Feminist punk band Pussy Riot take revolt to the Kremlin -- The Guardian
Russian police accused of scare tactics before anti-Putin rally -- The Guardian
Mikhail Prokhorov promises to give away billions if he wins Russian presidency -- Rhe Telegraph
Low-key Prokhorov takes to Russian stump -- Washington Post
Russians in provinces support Vladimir Putin but not his party -- L.A. Times
Putin’s campaign focuses on working class as he loses touch with urban elites -- Washington Post/AP
Russia's Putin courts investors with compensation pledge -- Reuters
Putin says he may face runoff in Russia's election -- FOX News
Rosenberg's Russia: On the election trail -- BBC