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The Pic of the Day: Russian police crack down on protesters

Russian police officers push a teenager during a rally protesting retirement age hikes in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. A government plan to increase the age for collecting state pensions brought protests across Russia’s 11 time zones on Sunday even though the opposition leader who called them was in jail. Nearly 300 people […]

Russian police officers push a teenager during a rally protesting retirement age hikes in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. A government plan to increase the age for collecting state pensions brought protests across Russia’s 11 time zones on Sunday even though the opposition leader who called them was in jail. Nearly 300 people were reported arrested.

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