Six lessons for Russia from the Iran protests
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy, written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week we explain what the Kremlin learned from the Iranian protests and how Moscow could strive to avoid a similar uprising. We also review the Kremlin’s budget woes as the year kicks off in the red.
What did the Kremlin learn from studying the Iran protests?
Iranian authorities this week defended their brutal crackdown on the wave of anti-government protests that rocked the country at the start of the year. The official line, outlined by Iran's foreign minister in The Wall Street Journal, is that peaceful protests against economic reforms escalated into bloody clashes under the influence of domestic “terrorists” and “foreign agents”. To end the clashes, the authorities switched off the internet and resorted to violent suppression.
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