ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Viktor Voronkov has seen it all before. Arrested by the Soviet secret police in 1983 for disseminating dissident literature, he went on to play a major role in developing Russia’s civil society at a time when the authoritarian system he fought against was nearing collapse.
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A protesters holds a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin behind flags of the ribbon of Saint George duringa May Day rally in Saint Petersburg on May 1, 2015.
