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Mr Dmitriev says he also detects a deep suspicion of foreign powers, particularly America, that borders on xenophobia.
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The broad unhappiness, says Mr Dmitriev, may not take the form of open protest, but it has already manifested itself in various regional elections.
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Mr Dmitriev says the dip in the protesters' mood was inevitable.
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Mikhail Dmitriev of the Centre for Strategic Research (CSR), who predicted today's stand-off, argues that it has come about because the middle class has emerged as a political force.
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The regionalisation of politics in Russia is not just a sign of grass-roots activism, says Mr Dmitriev, but a symptom of people's lack of trust in politicians and parties at the federal level.
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Worried that the authorities might shut the center down when he went public, Mr. Dmitriev showed a draft to the head of the center's board, a former government official and still a close Putin ally.
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"He didn't believe it, " Mr. Dmitriev recalls.
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Mr. Dmitriev is more skeptical.
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