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Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds - Moscow

May 16th, 2012 by Alexey Nikolaev
Alexey Nikolaev
Lubertcy, Russia, Europe
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Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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The elimination of the opposition camp on Clean Ponds. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Girl on the Patriarch's Ponds after the departure of riot police. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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People near the monument of Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbaev. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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A man reads news on an Ipad. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Protesters handing out leaflets. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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The participants of the protest on Clean Ponds discuss the news. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Great Russia Party members worked as guards at the opposition camp. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Collection of funds for a lawyer for Sergei Udaltsov. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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A resident of the opposition camp is meditating. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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In the kitchen of the opposition camp handing out milk. The protesters say that the white color of milk - a symbol of protest.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Members of the camp read newspapers and books. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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A man brushes his hair using iPad as a mirror. On the back of Ipad portrait of Alexei Navalny. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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A girls blow bubbles. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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The participants of the opposition camp vote for non-resistance to riot-police. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Opposition politician Boris Netsov at the opposition camp on Clean Ponds. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Camp participants use the Internet to communicate with like-minded people. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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The opposition camp watching a film "Winter go away" about the protest movement in Russia. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Opposition camp at Clean Ponds in the night. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Opposition camp at Clean Ponds in the night. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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The elimination of the opposition camp on Clean Ponds. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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The elimination of the opposition camp on Clean Ponds. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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The elimination of the opposition camp on Clean Ponds. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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The elimination of the opposition camp on Clean Ponds. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Camp participants take away their things from the area. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Public Services cleaning the area after the dispersion of the opposition camp. Opposition activists have tested authorities and themselves by maintaining an around-the-clock presence in a corner of the park.
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  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
  • Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds Moscow
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Russian police dispersed a protest camp in central Moscow that had become a rallying point for President Vladimir Putin's foes, briefly detaining about 20 activists in a show of force that comes as part of a broadening crackdown on the opposition.

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