Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said protests over alleged fraud at this month’s election are acceptable if demonstrators stay within the law.<\/p>\n
He said he would ask for web cameras to be installed at all polling stations in time for the March presidential election as a precaution against fraud.<\/p>\n
But insisted the results had reflected the balance of political forces.<\/p>\n
Mr Putin, who is standing for president himself, was speaking in an annual televised live chat with the nation.<\/p>\n
“I saw on television mostly young, active people clearly expressing their positions – I am pleased to see this,” he said, after protests on Saturday which saw 50,000 people turn out in Moscow alone. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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