I am Russian so don't lecture me on this please. I know how this happens, first there are small protests that everyone brushes aside and then suddenly there are 500 000 people in the streets. That is how it was in 1991. But until this happens there is nothing to talk about because years may pass. You think this is the first protest that gathered 5000 - 10000 people? There have been dozens. There were protests exactly like this after the last election in 2007:
And everyone said it will be just like the "color revolutions" in Ukraine, Georgia, etc.
And hello, it's 2011. Putin is still there.
And now it'll be the "Arab Spring" in Russia? Not convinced.
Saturday will be another supposedly big demonstration. We'll see then.