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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during his meeting with United Russia party members in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Russia\'s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signaled his support for a controversial bill that would increase fines 200-fold for those taking part in unsanctioned protests.
Russia\'s President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by first deputy head of the presidential administration Vyacheslav Volodin (L), meets with the United Russia party leadership, at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow May 23, 2012.
In this photo taken late Tuesday, May 22, 2012, Russian rock star Yury Shevchuk who turned 55 last week, speaks to journalists during his interview in the Echo Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station in Moscow, Russia. Shevchuk has publicly criticized President Vladimir Putin\'s course, urging him to show more respect for democratic freedoms.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a general assembly of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow May 22, 2012. Putin named seven former cabinet ministers as aides on Tuesday, in a move expected to weaken Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev\'s new government and shift power to the Kremlin.
Russia\'s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with his deputy Igor Sechin during their meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on March 5, 2012, the next day after the presidential election in Russia. Putin secured yesterday almost 64 percent of the vote, winning back the presidency which he held for two terms from 2000-2008 before his four-year stint as prime minister.
An opposition activist holds a poster reading "Cowardly government is afraid of rallies and demonstrations" as he stands outside the Russian parliament's lower house, with the Kremlin in the background, in Manezh Square in Moscow, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signaled his support for a controversial bill that would increase fines 200-fold for those taking part in unsanctioned protests. The bill received preliminary approval by the Kremlin-controlled lower house on Tuesday.
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