Protesters hold a poster depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they march during a protest rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. The sign reads: "Prices, tariffs and poverty rise, you chose all this". Thousands of protesters marched across downtown Moscow and St. Petersburg on Saturday in the first major rally in three months against President Vladimir Putin, while defying the Kremlin's ongoing efforts to crackdown on opposition. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
