Russian Federation boils

The new meeting is organized by opposition movements,
which notified in the application that the rally
would number 50,000 people. wAt least in social
networks that have become  the main ground to
prepare the meeting and inform about it, more than
60,000 have confirmed  their intention to participate.

According to Itar-Tass over 50,000 expected to gather for protest rally in Moscow. It will be the second major protest rally to be held in the Russian capital in connection with the media and Internet reports about numerous violations and fraud in the December 4 State Duma election.
With badly printed leaflets full of abstract slogans. The members of the left come to the demonstrations with crumpled news sheets, printed in close type on bad paper, that might well grace a museum of the 1905 revolution.
This one I wanted to hear, sure, about Russian mass protest.
No. For this time, the organizers have prepared for it better technically as well. They say there will be three large screens, good equipment for loud sound and field kitchens. Almost four million roubles have been collected through social networks to organize the rally, tells usually a reliable Itar-Tass.

It should not be concluded from this that Russians have no need for honest elections, writes Boris Kagarlitsky, But the overwhelming majority of the people will only join in struggle for them, putting themselves beneath the batons of the police, when it becomes clear that elections can bring changes to their lives.
According to the author's they can bring about the preservation of the social state for which the great majority of citizens are calling. Here, however, the oppositionists not only fail to share the views of the people, but on the contrary, are to be found in the same camp with the authorities.
But how, and with whom, are the forces of the left to set out after these ardently pursued masses?

Atmospheric impressions on Russia:

It was as though society had simply looked for an excuse to break out in revolt, and had found it when the routine procedure of election rigging unexpectedly became an object of general discussion.

Whenever tensions are seen to be dropping, the authorities come out with another declaration or measure that pours oil on the flames of the crisis.
Spanning nine time zones, Russia is the largest country on earth in terms of surface area. Economic strength has allowed Vladimir Putin to enhance state control over political institutions and the media, buoyed by extensive public support for his policies as prime minister, president and now prime minister again.

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