Siberian Officials Nix Pro-Putin Anticorruption Protest
(World News Russia)

Authorities in the Siberian city of Tomsk have rejected an application from locals wishing to hold a demonstration using the slogan "Anticorruption Picket In Support Of Vladimir Putin." Activist Galina Shergina told RFE/RL on December 9 that local pensioners had submitted the application in order to draw attention...