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Police, opposition trade blows

Police clashed with anti-Kremlin demonstrators and detained more than 100 people April 15 in the second day of harsh actions against protesters who claim Russian President Vladimir Putin's government is smothering democracy.

Garry Kasparov AP PHOTO

The clashes in Moscow and St. Petersburg appear to prefigure a long period of confrontation between authorities and the opposition as Russia approaches elections.

The authorities can call on huge contingents of police and interior ministry troops, 9,000 were on hand for the Moscow protest. They also control the media that provides information to the country.

Although police far outnumbered the demonstrators in Moscow, opposition leader Garry Kasparov said the fact that about 2,000 turned out "shows that apathy in Russia is gradually being replaced by active protest."

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