23.01.2021, Moscow.
The street protests across Russia in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny are a test run and the beginning of a gradual agitation of the political situation in Russia. Sergey Kurginyan, political analyst and leader of the Essence of Time movement, shared his opinion about the events on a broadcast on the Solovyov LIVE YouTube channel on January 23.
The expert commented on the illegal street protests that took place on January 23 in many Russian cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg.
“It’s a test run. It’s anagitation. It has begun, they will try to intensify it. This is not a situation in which they need a one-time action,” Kurginyan said.
The political scientist noted that the West has not yet begun to forcefully promote and finance the protest activity in Russia.
“This is a certain group of our internal elites, and this is obviously a prologue to something bigger,” the expert stressed.
The rallies that swept through the country on January 23, are a means to assess the real protest potential in society, the political scientist explained.
“They need to take a measurement; they need to understand how many people they really have on the streets. Because all those tens of millions of views on the Internet – they’re worthless. They’re worth less than the toilet paper you can write the number on. These are live measurements from below,” Kurginyan noted.
After the street rallies have taken place, the organizers will process the information they receive and look for an active part to further stir up the protest activity, says the political analyst. Therefore, the Russian authorities should now stay ahead of the forces that are organizing street protests in the country. But there is little hope that they will be ahead of the events, according to the expert.
“The question is what will happen faster. Will our clumsy bureaucratic structures or Soros and his companions be faster? For some reason I am convinced that once again the enemy will be faster and more flexible in his actions,” Kurginyan stressed.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
