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    What Russia's Latest Protests Mean for Putin

    After the largest demonstrations in years erupted across the country on Sunday, the Kremlin is fighting back.
    by Julia Ioffe Mar 27, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: Yuri Maltsev / Reuters

    MOSCOW— It’s not a rare sight in this city to see tens of thousands of people pour into the streets to express their opposition to the government that makes its home here. Moscow was the epicenter of the massive pro-democracy protests of 2011-2012, and many others since, including rallies to commemorate slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. This is the city where Vladimir Putin lives, along with the tens of thousands of people who make his machine of state hum. But given its wealth and cosmopolitanism, Moscow is also the most oppositional city in Russia. In 2013, it nearly forced the Kremlin-installed mayor into a run-off with a charismatic young opposition leader, Alexey Navalny. So in some ways, it was not surprising to see thousands heed his call to come out and protest here on Sunday.

    But Sunday’s protest was different. Unlike the

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