Russia's Putin Faces Protests as He Woos Armenia

About 500 people marched through the capital of Armenia on Monday to denounce visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin and to protest against plans to join a Moscow-led customs union. Some of the crowd in central Yerevan held banners declaring  “Putin, go home” or “No to the USSR” - a reference to the Russian leader's efforts to bind former Soviet republics together more closely in economic and security alliances. Putin flew to the South Caucasus country for talks on its...

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