McFaul on Protests in Russia: Even the Protestors Were Surprised by the Numbers that Came Out

‘Because remember, it is dangerous to protest in Russia’

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MITCHELL: "Mike, first of all, the scale of these demonstrations is extraordinary given what’s been happening to opposition leaders and to protesters in both journalism and in politics."
McFAUL: "Absolutely. I think even the protesters themselves were surprised by the numbers that came out because remember, it is dangerous to protest in Russia. People are arrested, as you just reported. Hundreds, maybe a thousand people were arrested. What was very striking to me about this is these demonstrations did not just happen in Moscow and St. Petersburg. They happened in dozens of cities throughout Russia."

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