Keep Your Eyes on the Protests in Russia’s Provinces
While the world watches Moscow for signs of unrest, hundreds of small-scale protests are heating up in Putin’s heartland.
BY APRIL 28, 2017GUKOVO, Russia – Each morning, just before 11 a.m., Igor Litvinov leaves his work gutting chickens and sets off for the main square in this town of about 65,000 people in southern Russia. There he meets his wife, Irina, and together they join the group that has gathered every day for the past year on the cracked gray asphalt in front of the offices of Kingcoal Ltd., their former employer.
