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Bashkortostan: First Rehearsal of a Pro-Western 'Revolution'

Apr 8, 2005 | 19:08 GMT

Summary

Protesters gathered in Bashkortostan's capital of Ufa on March 26 and in Moscow on April 7 to demand the ouster of Bashkortostan's president. These demonstrations, along with the organization of opposition forces in other non-ethnic Russian regions of the central Russian Federation, could be the first signs of another "velvet revolution" — this time, in Russia proper.

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