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Thousands attend pro-Putin rally

Name: Thousands attend pro-Putin rally
Uploaded: 2012-01-29T20:48:45.741Z
Duration: 2 min 8 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Courtney Weaver queries the motives of the Russian PM's "supporters"

The FT's Moscow correspondent, Courtney Weaver, reports from Yekaterinburg on the turnout for a much trailed worker rally to launch Vladimir Putin's presidential campaign. She discovers the motives of some "supporters" are questionable.

January 29, 2012

Produced by Courtney Weaver. Edited by Seb Morton-Clark. Additional footage: Reuters.