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07/10/2017 GMT

Anti-Putin Protesters Take to the Streets in Cities Across Russia

BBC World Service - Newshour, Anti-Putin Protesters Take to the Streets in Cities Across Russia

Protesters across Russia mark President Putin's birthday by demanding he stand down

Protesters across Russia mark President Putin's birthday by demanding he stand down.

Police clash with protesters in St Petersburg, as more than 250 are arrested throughout Russia. Also on the programme, tens of thousands gather in the Spanish capital in a show of unity against Catalonia's bid for independence; Sudan welcomes the lifting of some US sanctions imposed 20 years ago when it harboured Osama Bin Laden.

(Photo: Supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown St Petersburg. Credit: Getty Images)

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