Meeting Halfway

Meeting Halfway

Meeting Halfway
Local Russian News In English

Sunday?s more or less peaceful protest in central Moscow on the whole ended well for both the hundreds of moderate oppositionists as well as the hundreds of police sent to contain them. The thorn in the side for both was the radical opposition that staged a parallel, unsanctioned rally on the fringes. They weakened the opposition by dividing it, and were a nuisance for the legions of young policemen after they refused to acknowledge government limits placed on the freedom of assembly.
Source: Russia Profile.org