Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vladimir Putin at the pre-election campaign rally. Photograph: EPAMultiple reports before Saturday’s rally indicated that tens of thousands of Russians had been strongarmed into attending the event. Andrei Kondrashov, Putin’s campaign spokesman, denied anyone had been forced to attend the rally. I mean, I don’t support Putin, either,” said one young man, who refused to give his name. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vladimir Putin arrives for his pre-election campaign rally at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2018 10:15 UTC