Thousands of Russians demand 'evolution not revolution'

Thousands, donning white ribbons, came to protest on the streets of Russia. For many, Saturday's protests against recent election results that kept Vlamidir Putin's United Russia party in power, were their first protest.

Of the 20,000 gathered in Moscow, most are from the nation's educated middle-class who are now openly calling for Putin to go.

This weekend's protests mark the return of Russian street politics dormant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but these protests are being carefully managed by the over 50,000 police and Interior Ministry troops stationed on the ground.

Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from Moscow.

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[FlatulenceFox]

@RealQi this isn't about America or Americans. And, more importantly, the fact there is corruption in the American political system does not justify, excuse, or dismisses corruption anywhere else. Corruption is wrong and should be confronted wherever it happens. You can't use the "well America is doing it, too" excuse for not challenging corruption in your own country.

[TheFairyGirl1999]

Interesting that people think that governments run their countries when its big business and really rich people that run the world now . 

[chimak3d]

Russian are a bunch of robbery with their Viking DNA , stole too much land from Asian, poisoned many nations with communism. If Mongolian killed all Russian in 15th century, the modern world must be a better place.

[MrUbermind]

This was totally disgusting anti Putin campaign ran by a gang of liberal traitors funded by american government. Putin represent a strong national policy and doing good for our country. Don't believe the false western propaganda and lies that majority of Russians against Putin, the truth is directly opposite. Russia is rising and anglo-saxon world doing everything to to prevent it. Pro-american liberals are dreaming of the revolution, but our nation is strong and they will fail.

[Sasilmin]

Russia sucks as Soviet union collapsed...

[Apocalipsy2025]

this like 300 people but americas news usess 19,700 CGI fake protesters that make it 20,000 that the USA news report there millions of russian who will run over this 300 people if they don't go home and get something else to do

[satimmobile]

it was provocation

[takerms]

to all of russia from an egyptian protester

i was in the 25 jan revelotion and i know what does it mean to try to change your contry to the better but this is not the case in russia putin is a good leader and he has been trying to make russia better you know the worst thing a leader can become is a pupet who is fighting hes own pepole to keep his contry weak

[stevenaudet]

@nothing980454 Yes, I do know about Chechnya. I'm saying that in both case, elections were stolen. I did not compare the extent of the political fraud. Don't get me wrong, I do approve the Russian people demand for democracy, I was just mentioning the U.S. because some people in here think they live in a "true democracy" in the U.S. Which has more to do with ethnocentrism then facts.

[21boxhead]

@MihaiPaulBotosani well look who came in 2nd place(communist Party) that should be more of a worry then Putin's United Russia.

[vasilii025]

ебать мои нервы давайте по русски

[highlander2583]

@TheFairyGirl1999 well, in russia big, rich business people=government