"Moscow is not a city of ghosts, but on Saturday, tens of thousands of figures were seen marching in the Russian capital chanting, "We exist! We exist!" That might seem like an exercise in the obvious. But the crowd thought a reminder was in order for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has generally regarded his critics as though they were invisible."
[Reason]
This is an interesting development for clipper, in that the protest reflects what I observed in two separate visits to Russia in two vastly different regions this summer. In each place, the two or three Russians we asked "How do you like Putin?" they either boldly or discretely expressed their dislike. Later, one of our Russian visitors to our home here in the U.S., when shown our "Occupy - - - - -" protesters.... and asked if they ever saw such a thing in Russia, responded ... "Oh No, that is NOT ALLOWED IN RUSSIA"........ Well.... it's now happening. This is a seismic event! [clipper]
[Reason]
This is an interesting development for clipper, in that the protest reflects what I observed in two separate visits to Russia in two vastly different regions this summer. In each place, the two or three Russians we asked "How do you like Putin?" they either boldly or discretely expressed their dislike. Later, one of our Russian visitors to our home here in the U.S., when shown our "Occupy - - - - -" protesters.... and asked if they ever saw such a thing in Russia, responded ... "Oh No, that is NOT ALLOWED IN RUSSIA"........ Well.... it's now happening. This is a seismic event! [clipper]
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