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‘Trump and Putin, stop the crimes against humanity in Chechnya’ Photos of the thousands of demonstrators taking to Helsinki's streets during the U.S.-Russia summit
Source: Meduza
Demonstrators in Donald Trump masks in Helsinki. July 15, 2018.
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Ahead of the July 16 summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Helsinki, mass demonstrations (mostly protests) took place across the city. On July 15, a march in support of human rights attracted roughly 2,500 activists. Projected onto a wall near the presidential palace, a message demanded, “Trump and Putin: stop the crimes against humanity in Chechnya.”
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Leonhard Foeger / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA
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Trump supporters wave at the U.S. president's motorcade.
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The Finnish newspaper, “Helsingin Sanomat,” made an identical appeal to Vladimir Putin in Russian.
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