Interior Ministry officers detain unidentified men, dressed as a cucumber and a tomato, during a rally held by opposition supporters in central Moscow, April 6, 2013. Protesters demanded the release of anti-government activists detained at Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, the eve of Putin’s inauguration. The signs read “We are not vegetables” (R) and “Release everybody home”. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) – RTXYAOK
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Interior Ministry officers detain unidentified men, dressed as a cucumber and a tomato, during a rally held by opposition supporters in central Moscow
Posted April 17th, 2013 at 4:29 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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