Sunday
Dec252011
Russia Feature: The White-Ribbon Protests Return
See also Russia Feature: Renewed Protests Against Putin... But Will the "Dear" Leader Hang On?
Saturday saw peaceful, large protests across Russia. In Moscow, the central site of the demonstrations, estimates of crowd size vary. Whilst government figures suggest around 30,000, some protest organisers have claimed upwards of 120,000 attended the rally.
Russia now enters a 10-day national holiday, which will likely keep protests low, but we can expect to see renewed demonstrations in January, carried forward by the momentum of today's events.