http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/02/protest-russia
In
Moscow on February 4th 2012, middle-class Russians began a protest march
against Vladimir Putin. Tens of thousands of Muscovites carried creative signs
and white balloons, strolled, unfazed by a temperature of -20°C, towards the
Kremlin. Politically-affiliated columns of Communists, nationalists, anarchists
and monarchists were overtaken and outnumbered by middle-class citizens who
valued their private space too much to form columns. This was no revolutionary
crowd—they came to display their dignity and demand honest elections, not to
storm the Kremlin. They reject Mr Putin not as some ruthless tyrant (he is not)
but as the lynchpin of a corrupt system of governance based on the supremacy of
the bureaucrat over the private citizen.
The official name of the crowd was
for fair elections and for a less corrupt government. Putins has been seen as a
strong politician however Russian citizen have been expressing their demands in
a strong vocal and organized way.
It will be interesting to see if Putin gets re-elected this March.
2 comments:
I believe Russian political system is far more complicated. I would say comparing to the early day of the Democratic Russia, the political system under Putin's rule is far more better in term of less corruption and economic growth.
It sounds like the protestors are making a very strong attempt at creating a more honest election system. If the protestors come out victorious then I doubt Putin will get re-elected but if the election system is not altered then I think that there is a good chance that Putin could get re-elected.
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