The Russian protests were a flop, a non event, very few turned out and what that peice doesn't say is that there were also pro gov rallies that dwarfed the size of the protesters, mostly old people.
didn't you know Russia is a demon? don't for a moment believe anything printed in any western media. Western media is worse propaganda than what Stalin and Hitler used to put out.
The police in a developed country like the US can estinguish civil unrest b4 it materialize. Mace, rubber bullets, and battons hurt.