2011–2012 Russian protests

In 2011 and 2012 there were mass protests in Russia following the legislative elections of 2011 which were generally recognized to have been permeated by fraud. Organizers and participants in the demonstrations, one on December 10 and a second on December 24 were diverse, drawn from a wide variety of political tendencies. The urban proletariat, many of them young, relatively prosperous workers in emergent industries such as social media attended the rallies in large numbers.

External links and further reading

 * The Wikipedia article "2011 Russian protests
 * "A Very Peaceful Russian Revolt" commentary by Boris Kagarlitsky, CounterPunch December 28, 2011
 * "Election Fraud Galvanizes Russian Opposition, Communist Party 20 Years After Soviet Union’s Collapse" Stephen Cohen Democracy Now! December 30, 2011