I spoke to a few people in Russia (cab drivers mostly) and they generally agreed that Putin is better than the alternative. They didn't like everything about him but also didn't trust the opposition. They also generally agreed that most of the older generation really like Putin as well as those in smaller cities.
I was there in January before the elections and there were some protests in Moscow, but people referred to it as the iPod protest because most of the people protesting were students with Apple products.
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