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Published 20 Oct, 2012 10:02pm

Putin’s foes go online

MOSCOW, Oct 20: Russia’s opposition went online on Saturday to vote for new leaders to spearhead the drive against Vladimir Putin and regain the momentum lost since his thumping return to the presidency in May.But hacking scuppered voting in the early hours while nearly a dozen police vans surrounded the one site in Moscow where Putin’s foes could get help using computers to vote — a security measure they saw as a form of pressure.—AFP

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