Protests in Russia started on November 24th, 2007 in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...
Police broke up anti-Putin demonstrations in Moscow, detaining former world chess champion Gary Kasparov, who has become an outspoken critic of the government.[1] Kasparov was sentenced Saturday to five days for organising an unsanctioned rally and refusing to obey police orders, but told reporters the charges were "unfounded" and accused the Russian leader of taking recourse to scare tactics.[2] In Saint Petersburg, hundreds gathered as police moved in to make arrests.[1] Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Гарри Кимович Каспаров) (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and the strongest chess player in the world. ...
Russian authorities geared for fresh protests on Sunday.[2]
Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev, who was also arrested, accused the authorities of a "completely exaggerated reaction".[3]
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