In Kyiv they would be happy about the Maidan in Russia, but it doesn’t work out
The rallies of Alexei Navalny’s supporters, which took place in Russia last weekend, will not be able to radically change the situation in the Russian Federation.
The former Ambassador of Ukraine to Great Britain Vladimir Khandogiy stated this in the studio of the 112 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“To be honest, I was not impressed by the protests that took place in Moscow. And we should hardly expect from them any real influence on the Russian establishment, on all Russian politics. It seems to me that the Putin regime is deeply rooted. Protests of this kind do indeed take place, and we should be glad that in such a repressive environment there are people who go out to protest. But you probably shouldn’t expect them to influence anything. Compare the same protests in Yerevan, where hundreds of thousands of people in such a small state as Armenia take to the streets, and tens, hundreds or thousands here.
Why people in Russia are not ready to take to the streets is a philosophical question. Only recently the elections took place. You know the level of support that President Putin received. Today there is no need to expect that from the small cohort that voted against him there will be passionaries who will take to the streets. In the coordinate system that exists in Russia today, you shouldn’t count on mass protests,” Khandogiy said.
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