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Political rallies in Moscow on February 23

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Two presidential candidates, Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and an independent conservative group held separate rallies in Moscow on Thursday, while some 130,000 supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin were rallying at the Luzhniki stadium.

Two presidential candidates Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and an independent conservative group held separate rallies in Moscow on Thursday, while some 130,000 supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin were rallying at the Luzhniki stadium.

© RIA Novosti . Maxim BlinovSome 2,500 people attended a Communist rally in central Moscow.
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Some 2,500 people attended a Communist rally in central Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Maxim BlinovThe rally participants were holding traditional red banners with Communist symbols.
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The rally participants were holding traditional red banners with Communist symbols.
© RIA Novosti . Maxim Blinov / Go to the mediabankThe party’s presidential candidate, Gennady Zyuganov (in the photo), urged the public in his speech to maximize turnout, ensuring a runoff.
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The party’s presidential candidate, Gennady Zyuganov (in the photo), urged the public in his speech to maximize turnout, ensuring a runoff.
© RIA Novosti . Maxim BlinovThe Communists have 300,000 vote monitors prepared nationwide to ensure no vote fraud takes place at the presidential elections on March 4, Zyuganov said.
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The Communists have 300,000 vote monitors prepared nationwide to ensure no vote fraud takes place at the presidential elections on March 4, Zyuganov said.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin RodikovLiberal Democrats were rallying on the downtown Pushkin Square.
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Liberal Democrats were rallying on the downtown Pushkin Square.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Rodikov / Go to the mediabankTheir flamboyant leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who is running for president against Putin, spoke for almost an hour, touching in his speech on foreign policy, election fraud and faults of rival presidential candidates.
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Their flamboyant leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who is running for president against Putin, spoke for almost an hour, touching in his speech on foreign policy, election fraud and faults of rival presidential candidates.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin RodikovVladimir Zhirinovsky's supporters.
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky's supporters.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin RodikovAccording to the police, 3,500 gathered for the rally, about 1,000 more than the expected turnout.
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According to the police, 3,500 gathered for the rally, about 1,000 more than the expected turnout.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaliy BezrukikhAbout 1,000 attended the event by the VDNKh metro station in the Northeastern Administrative District, organized by conservative political pundit Sergei Kurginyan and his supporters.
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About 1,000 attended the event by the VDNKh metro station in the Northeastern Administrative District, organized by conservative political pundit Sergei Kurginyan and his supporters.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaliy BezrukikhThe event was to oppose dangers of a possible “Orange revolution,” a regime change through street protests like in Ukraine in 2004.
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The event was to oppose dangers of a possible “Orange revolution,” a regime change through street protests like in Ukraine in 2004.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaliy VezrukihKurginyan, who is also a theater director, performed a song about current political events to an acoustic guitar at the rally.
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Kurginyan, who is also a theater director, performed a song about current political events to an acoustic guitar at the rally.
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