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Russian prosecutors suspended a leftist opposition group for three months on Friday in what critics of President Vladimir V. Putin say is an intensifying crackdown on dissent sponsored by the Kremlin. Since last May, Mr. Putin has signed laws increasing fines for protesters and tightening controls of foreign-financed groups while several opposition activists face prison terms in cases they say are trumped up. The decision by Moscow prosecutors on Friday means that the group, the Left Front, whose leader, Sergei Udaltsov, played a prominent role in street protests last year against Mr. Putin, is not allowed to hold meetings or protests, or use its symbols or bank accounts until July 19. Opposition groups have vowed to stage a mass demonstration this spring to revive the protest movement. Russian prosecutors suspended a leftist opposition group for three months on Friday in what critics of President Vladimir V. Putin say is an intensifying crackdown on dissent sponsored by the Kremlin. Since last May, Mr. Putin has signed laws increasing fines for protesters and tightening controls of foreign-financed groups while several opposition activists face prison terms in cases they say are trumped-up. The decision by Moscow prosecutors on Friday means that the group, the Left Front, whose leader, Sergei Udaltsov, played a prominent role in street protests last year against Mr. Putin, is not allowed to hold meetings or protests, or use its symbols or bank accounts until July 19. Opposition groups have vowed to stage a mass demonstration this spring to revive the protest movement.