Tag: average age of protesters in Russia

A Defining Factor of Protest in Russia — Average Age There Twice That in Arab Spring Countries

December 23, 2015

Staunton, December 22 – “For mass repressions [in Russia], there are neither mechanisms, not resources, nor desire,” Yekaterina Schulmann says; but there may not need to be, according to Aleksandr Baunov, because “the average age of the population is about 40,” while “in all the countries of the ‘Arab Spring’ it is about 20.” “In […]