Demonstrators step on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s poster during a protest against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in Homs January 27, 2012. REUTERS/Handout (SYRIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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Demonstrators step on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s poster during a protest against Putin’s support for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in Homs
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC+0)
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James Brooke is the Russia/CIS bureau chief for Voice of America. A lifelong journalist, he covered West Africa, Brazil, the American Rocky Mountain States, Canada, and Japan/Korea for The New York Times. A resident of Moscow since 2006, he was first Bloomberg bureau chief for the region. In 2010, he joined VOA. In addition to writing Russia Watch, his weekly blog, he also does video, radio and web reports from Russia and the former USSR.
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