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Originally Posted by Damien
Not sure what to make of these protests. Are these the more liberal-minded people of Russia and in a minority? Students, academics and so on? Or is this reflective of a deeper feeling within Russia? The majority of protests have been in Moscow and Saint Petersburg which are the more liberal cities anyway although they probably contain people with more influence as well.
I am worried we're seeing what we want to see.
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We've also seen a pro-Russia demonstration in Serbia, a Russian gymnast with a letter Z on his clothing and children with terminal illnesses in Russia form a letter Z. Although I acknowledge the last one may have been staged, the above events are doubtless what would be in and on official Russian media.
Hard to tell how representative such actions are without any independent polling.