Winning the sympathies of the majority of the population should not be une idée fixe for Russian democrats, says Lolita Tsaria, the leader of Moscow's branch of the UCF(the United Civic Front , the opposition movement led Garry Kasparov). Now that the mass media and courts are controlled by the state and elections are unfree, this is not possible. But democrats must be organised and prepared for the inevitable collapse of the current regime. If the masses see that the opposition is a cohesive... read more
