Russian exclave of Kaliningrad at forefront of a nationwide protest movement
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KALININGRAD, RUSSIA — Almost every Friday for more than a year, a small band of dockworkers, sailors and other stubborn souls has gathered outside the governor’s office in this Russian Baltic port to denounce hospital closings and other cuts in health services. Week after week, the governor ignored the protests, which seemed insignificant in the context of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s top-down political system.
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