— MATTHEW ROJANSKY, deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment, saying protests in Moscow may not represent the majority of the population (via CNN)
Policemen detain an activist during a rally to protest against the results of the parliamentary elections and the policies conducted by Russian authorities in Moscow December 6, 2011. Russians took to the streets of Moscow for the second successive day on Tuesday to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, but riot police blocked their way and hundreds of pro-Kremlin youths tried to spoil the protest.
“The bulk of Russians ... still have negative memories of the last time a government went down. It's not the Arab Spring on the streets of Moscow.”
