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Russians protest US adoption ban

Thousands of protesters gathered on Strastnoy Boulevard in central Moscow on Sunday as a law banning the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens reinvigorated the opposition movement.

The rally, called the “March Against Scum,” follows a year of protests against President Vladimir Putin, that began after disputed parliamentary elections in December 2011. About 7,000 people had joined the march, according to the Moscow police’s website at 2:10 p.m. local time.

Russia’s parliament unanimously passed legislation last month barring U.S. adoptions of Russian children in retaliation for American sanctions over the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who’d sought to expose corruption among Interior Ministry officers. Putin signed it into law on Dec. 28.

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  • saharat

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    Discussion 2 : 14 Jan 2013 at 02.092

    The russian government has also recently vowed to purge it's nation of all foreign influence also.be it from foreign cars,movies,goods.sounds like someone over there misses the good old days of pestroika.

  • nitnoi

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    Discussion 1 : 13 Jan 2013 at 20.581

    They are scum bag messing bright future of their own children, Retaliation against children because their corruptoin were about to be exposed is a cop-out.Whistle blowers should be encouraged if any nations want the honest businesses and honest governments.

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