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摘要

The Solovetsky stone stands in a small park opposite the headquarters of the Federal Security Service in Lubyanka Square. It was brought to Moscow in 1990 from a Stalin-era prison camp as a memorial to victims of Soviet repression. On December 15th some 2,000 people gathered around the stone for an anti-government protest called by opposition leaders, including Alexei Navalny, their biggest star, and Sergei Udaltsov, a fiery far-left activist. The demonstration did not have the official sanction of Moscow's mayor, making it technically illegal.