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**GoodLover** · 05-07-2012, 05:41 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headline...h-of-millions/

AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

Opponents of Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin are planning to hold another large protest in central Moscow Sunday, the eve of his inauguration.

The plan calls for protesters to march down a main avenue to a rally on an island in the middle of the Moscow river across from the Kremlin.

Organizers have called it the “March of Millions,” though they concede privately that they expect about 25,000 people to turn out.

According to organizers and reports on social media, several activists have been prevented from traveling to Moscow to attend the rally, including some who were removed from trains or stopped along the road and held for questioning.

Some protest leaders say they will try to occupy a square near the Kremlin in the hopes of drawing more attention both within Russia and abroad. Russian news reports say thousands of police have been deployed to prevent exactly that.

05-07-2012, 05:41 PM	#3
GoodLover Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 362 Senior Member	http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headline...h-of-millions/ AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev Opponents of Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin are planning to hold another large protest in central Moscow Sunday, the eve of his inauguration. The plan calls for protesters to march down a main avenue to a rally on an island in the middle of the Moscow river across from the Kremlin. Organizers have called it the “March of Millions,” though they concede privately that they expect about 25,000 people to turn out. According to organizers and reports on social media, several activists have been prevented from traveling to Moscow to attend the rally, including some who were removed from trains or stopped along the road and held for questioning. Some protest leaders say they will try to occupy a square near the Kremlin in the hopes of drawing more attention both within Russia and abroad. Russian news reports say thousands of police have been deployed to prevent exactly that.
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