Kremlin will count on Russian protests fading
Opposition leader Alexey Navalny is in jail but supporters have taken the contest into the streets
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- State response
- 'Putin's palace'
- Relatively moderate police action
- State vs Navalny
- Limits to popularity
- Managing the problem
- Jailing Navalny
- Corruption and poverty
- Election context
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