A new anger among people in Russia
Political turbulence in Russia generally results from a split within the organs of power, Vinogradov tells DW, and at the moment, that kind of split does not exist. The think tank founder says that current protests are comparable to those ahead of Moscow s city parliament elections in the summer of 2019 protests that failed to bring about political change.
Kremlin on the defensive
Independent political analyst Abbas Galyamov, by contrast, believes the current demonstrations have a greater explosive force than that. In an interview with DW, Galyamov said police tactics were akin to the defense of a besieged medieval fortress with the security forces, looking as if they had pulled up the drawbridge over the moat and were holed up behind the fortifications waiting for the enemy to attack.