Anti-Putin protesters face trial over Bolotnaya clashes

Twelve Russians are set to appear in court in Moscow over clashes at an anti-Vladimir Putin rally in 2012. Critics of the president say the Bolotnaya case - named after the Moscow square where the clashes occurred - is a throw-back to Soviet-era show trials. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22793150#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa