For more than half a year in Russia, starting from the last December elections of deputies of the State Duma, various protest actions organized by the opposition continue. Their apotheosis is the so-called "March of Millions", that is, processions during which the opposition expects to take a huge number of its supporters to the streets. And, although the scale of these marches does not even remotely correspond to the big name, the opposition leaders confidently declare: "The people support us."
The opposition in every country wants to become more influential, attract new supporters, gain power. This is understandable and natural. The current Russian opposition also wants to become more powerful and influential. However, instead of a clear and clear program, it only puts forward the slogans: “Russia without Putin” and “Russia without EdRa” (that is, without the party “United Russia”). Of course, to the current president of Russia V.V. Putin can be treated differently; claims can be made against him. There is no doubt that the United Russia party, of which he has been the leader for the past several years, has lost its former popularity. In the same way, it is obvious that at the last December elections, authorities of all levels made full use of the administrative resource to support United Russia. This caused quite understandable discontent among many Russians. The opposition wants to achieve a peaceful change of regime in the Russian Federation, as well as to ensure fair elections.
However, in the same way, it cannot be denied that V.V. Putin won the Russian presidential election with a great advantage, far ahead of his closest competitor. And even if you take into account possible violations during the voting and calculation of results, all the same, his victory is undeniable. Thus, in full accordance with the democratic principles that the opposition leaders have sworn allegiance to, the results of the popular will must be accepted.
Nevertheless, the opposition continues to argue that the elections were unjust, rigged. And they still invite people to protests under the slogan: "Russia without Putin!" At the same time, without a program understandable to wide layers of the people, the implementation of which would contribute to raising the living standards of Russians and overcoming negative phenomena.
Given that opposition leaders not only do not enjoy the support of the majority of Russian citizens, but also do not hide the fact that they receive funding from foreign sources, it is highly doubtful that they are driven by concern for democratic values and concern for the needs of ordinary Russians. Perhaps she is trying to increase her rating.
