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2011–2013 Russian Protests
The 2011–2013 Russian protests, which some English language media referred to as the Snow Revolution (), began in 2011 (as protests against the 2011 Russian legislative election results) and continued into 2012 and 2013. The protests were motivated by claims of Russian and foreign journalists, political activists and members of the public that the election process was fraudulent. The Central Election Commission of Russia stated 11.5% of official reports of fraud could be confirmed as true. On 10 December 2011, after a week of small-scale demonstrations, Russia saw some of the biggest protests in Moscow since the 1990s. The focus of the protests were the ruling party, United Russia, and its leader Vladimir Putin, the prime minister and former president, who announced his intention to 2012 Russian presidential election, run for president again in 2012. Another round of large protests took place on 24 December 2011. These protests were named "For Fair Elections" () and their organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Opposition
Opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, commonly referred to as the Russian opposition, can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and the various Non-system opposition, non-systemic opposition organizations. While the former are largely viewed as being more or less loyal to the Government of Russia, government and Putin, the latter oppose the government and are mostly unrepresented in government bodies. According to Russian NGO Levada Center, about 15% of the Russian population disapproved of Putin in the beginning of 2023. The opposition to Putin's political views is also called anti-Putinism. The "systemic opposition" is mainly composed of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), A Just Russia – For Truth (SRZP), New People (political party), New People and other minor parties; these political groups, while claiming to be in opposition, generally support th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
