Some of the biggest anti-Kremlin protests in years swept across Russia on June 12 with over 1,000 people detained by the police ahead of a presidential election next year. But anyone relying on state TV would have concluded they were a non-event.
Reuters: In Russia, state TV and the Internet tell a tale of two protests
Russian police officers detain a participant of an unauthorized opposition rally in Saint Petersburg on June 12, 2017.
