Russia's lively protest culture was on display on February 4 as tens of thousands of demonstrators brought signs and slogans to an anti-Kremlin rally in Moscow.
The Best Russian Protest Signs
!["Don't rock the boat, our rat is sick." The man holding the sign is Dmitry Bykov, a renowned liberal poet.](https://gdb.rferl.org/73b4c760-bb80-442c-ba2d-11b79001d31d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"Don't rock the boat, our rat is sick." The man holding the sign is Dmitry Bykov, a renowned liberal poet.
!["Cold winter ... Botox doesn't help." The slogan is a reference to rumors that Putin uses Botox.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7333c312-d48e-4ee1-8dd7-0b1a9dcdbd11_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"Cold winter ... Botox doesn't help." The slogan is a reference to rumors that Putin uses Botox.
!["Sacked" ](https://gdb.rferl.org/0475c0ff-e445-40f0-8717-8f0f787d7af0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"Sacked"
!["You cannot freeze the truth"](https://gdb.rferl.org/35cc192d-8700-467f-8868-fdf3b289a457_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"You cannot freeze the truth"
![With Putin pictured as Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the text reads, "I had a bad dream that I lived a long life and he still rules."](https://gdb.rferl.org/7d4c26ca-24b7-4e4d-8a39-f4c4e517970b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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With Putin pictured as Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the text reads, "I had a bad dream that I lived a long life and he still rules."
!["Screw-tin"](https://gdb.rferl.org/d90508f0-daff-4908-b501-b75b95826dbc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"Screw-tin"
![](https://gdb.rferl.org/8d29c937-7275-47ee-8c1a-3ab234b97a5b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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!["Freedom for galley slaves," a reference to the fact that Putin said he "worked like a galley slave" during his first two terms as president.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1e36ad94-6c6c-4e98-a2c8-fc1f0060c69f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"Freedom for galley slaves," a reference to the fact that Putin said he "worked like a galley slave" during his first two terms as president.
!["It's cold, but I don't give a damn"](https://gdb.rferl.org/98467f72-12ca-4b2b-94c7-92d52644eb84_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"It's cold, but I don't give a damn"
!["Swindler and thief No. 1"](https://gdb.rferl.org/1bdf6b1e-5e2e-4364-a4da-60a76a45af5a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"Swindler and thief No. 1"
![Central Election Commission head Vladimir Churov is pictured ripping up the constitution saying, "I tear up for Putin," a reference to the Putin Army -- attractive young women who tear off their clothes for Putin.](https://gdb.rferl.org/710c39f8-7105-4ab9-ae0a-ff28821bf6c3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Central Election Commission head Vladimir Churov is pictured ripping up the constitution saying, "I tear up for Putin," a reference to the Putin Army -- attractive young women who tear off their clothes for Putin.
![ “Wanted. Sought by the police.” ](https://gdb.rferl.org/818dcf0d-0c04-40e6-b556-3f115511b1af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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“Wanted. Sought by the police.”
!["F*** Putin"](https://gdb.rferl.org/24ebe85b-28d6-47bc-b3a5-04b26e7ca1fa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"F*** Putin"
![A play on words where changing one letter turns "elections" into "you are thieves"](https://gdb.rferl.org/46ca4a17-b149-476a-8119-e14c2e681f3a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A play on words where changing one letter turns "elections" into "you are thieves"
!["We're beating you with finesse” ](https://gdb.rferl.org/0f230f7b-583b-4fa9-829b-87464b5b221f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"We're beating you with finesse”
![](https://gdb.rferl.org/c73b7e6d-f08e-46f3-bdf1-ded5f0612c66_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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![The sign in the middle reads "Jail Putin"](https://gdb.rferl.org/eb8b8aec-b562-46d9-9faf-cfbb25d42401_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The sign in the middle reads "Jail Putin"
![](https://gdb.rferl.org/968d33ea-e4e0-4790-b495-752a26963890_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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