All across Russia this weekend, people took to the streets in a protest against corruption. The predominantly young crowd was spurred into action by opposition internet activist and aspiring politician Alexey Navalny, whose most recent slickly-produced video exposé of high-level government corruption—this time targeting Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev directly—has been watched more than 12 million times on YouTube. Russian officials put the crowds in Moscow at 7,000 (a number almost certainly underestimating the true attendance by at least half), with tens of thousands more turning out in 82 cities across the country, including strong showings in St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, and …read more
Source: The American Interest
