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June 12, 2012

An Ode to Occupy Abai

by Anna Nemtsova, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Russia - On the eve of the first large-scale demonstrations since Vladimir Putin returned to power, Anna Nemtsova reflects on the protesters who occupied her tony Chistye Prudy (Clean Ponds) neighborhood in May, touching her community in unforeseen ways. Could it be that nothing will be quite the same again?

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