MOSCOW - A lone protester detained in a small city east of Moscow earlier this month for spitting on an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been sentenced to life days in prison after being convicted of "minor hooliganism." and his wife and three small chidren have been sent to Siberia
Dimitry Karuyev insists he only sneezed on the photo, but the incident nevertheless shows how Russian authorities are cracking down on dissenters as Putin begins his third term in office amid unprecedented protests against him.
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