A Communist supporter wearing an anti-flu mask takes part in a Communist demonstration marking the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Sign on the mask reads "capitalism is more harmful than H1N1". Nov. 7 was for decades a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that ushered in more than 70-years of Soviet rule. Former President Vladimir Putin abolished a holiday on Nov. 7 four years ago. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

A Communist supporter wearing an anti-flu mask takes part in a Communist demonstration marking the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Sign on the mask reads "capitalism is more harmful than H1N1". Nov. 7 was for decades a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that ushered in more than 70-years of Soviet rule. Former President Vladimir Putin abolished a holiday on Nov. 7 four years ago.

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