December 18,2011. St.Petersburg,Russia.Thousands of people rallied on December 18, 2011 in central Saint Petersburg`s Pionerskaya square against what they say were rigged parliamentary polls handing victory to Vladamir Putin`s ruling party. Pictured: a protester holds a placard with portraits of Vladimir Putin, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Vladimir Churov and President Dmitry Medvedev. It reads: `Every body lies!`.