Russians in peaceful protest call for Putin to quit
30 April 2017 |
9:05 am
Several hundred Russians lined up in central Moscow on Saturday under the gaze of riot police to hand over handwritten appeals for President Vladimir Putin to quit, as similar protests took place in other cities.
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