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user-inactivated  ·  3920 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Russia no longer fears the West

"Moscow was rocked by mass protests in December 2011. More than 100,000 gathered within sight of the Kremlin demanding Russia be ruled in a different way."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/russia-vladimir-putin-the-west-104134_Page2.html#ixzz2uw6zGHNk

I feel this is a pretty solid representation that Putin and Russia are not the same.