MOSCOW (Reuters) - Supporters clapped and chanted "Freedom" in a Moscow courthouse on Thursday as 12 Russians went before a judge charged with mass disorder during a protest against President Vladimir Putin.
The protesters, several of them students, could face long prison terms if convicted over clashes with police in May last year on the eve of Putin's return to the presidency.
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