Da “The Moscow Times” di oggi:
“Of the epithets regularly applied to President Vladimir Putin and his political practices, “authoritarian” in particular seems to rankle the Kremlin and its supporters. But what other word comes to mind when 9,000 riot police officers are sent out onto the streets to handle several thousand protesters, as they were Saturday?
Part of the explanation for the government reaction Saturday is that, with Putin leaving office next year, those in power are determined to make sure nothing like the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine happens here. It is difficult to see how Saturday’s gathering posed such a threat.”