RUSSIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD A RALLY IN MOSCOW
Former Russian prime minister and Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov (L), leader of the radical National Bolshevik Party Eduard Limonov, (C) and former chess champion Garry Kasparov (R) speaks with reporters during a rally in Moscow on December 16, 2006. Russian opposition parties rallied on Saturday to protest recent electoral law changes and to challenge President Vladimir Putin, but their demonstration in central Moscow was dwarfed by riot police. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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