In the Politico periodical, there was a story in todays issue entitled "Moscow rallies protest Putin, alleged voter fraud." When we think of Russia and Russian history, this does not surprise us. But, things didn't get dirty at this point.
They didn't even get dirty at the point where the rally began;
“I don’t think any citizen of the country can say he is very happy with anything. We don’t have an independent judiciary, there is no freedom of expression - all this combined creates a situation where people are forced to protest,” said demonstrator Albert Yusupov, who was dressed in civilian clothes but identified himself as a member of the Russian army.
By the time the rally started, the square and adjacent streets were packed shoulder-to-shoulder with protesters braving intermittent wind-blown snow. Police said there were at least 25,000, while protest organizers claimed 40,000.
So far, we don't have any horror stories.
But, reality tells us that protests can and do go awry as it is often a necessity.
In fact, attached to this article are images culled from Reuters collection of online images, but only for this year and only for the month of November.
The solitary photo of an Egyptian protestor was taken earlier this year, but the 3 images in the slide show were taken only during the month of November and only during this year.
These images encompass Cairo, Kuwait and London.
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