Far From Moscow, Thousands Turn Out To Protest Putin In Siberia's Capital
Novosibirsk is a key center of support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny. "I believed that Putin would make things better," a protester said. But "he made things better only for a few people."
by Lucian Kim
Jun 12, 2017
3 minutes
A wave of anti-government protests swept across Russia on Monday, starting in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok and rolling east, across half-a-dozen time zones.
About 2,000 miles from Moscow, thousands of people in Novosibirsk heeded the call of opposition leader Alexei Navalny for a second round of rallies after nationwide protests in March stunned the Kremlin.
Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia and Russia's third most populous city, is becoming an important regional center in Navalny's quixotic campaign to run
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