The transfer of power within the “tandem” was marked by unprecedented carnage and mass arrests in the center of Moscow. On May 6, 2012, tens of thousands attended a protest against the usurpation of power through false “elections”. It proved wrong those who thought that the protests had fizzled out and had predicted that people would not take to the streets. How did a peaceful demonstration, approved by the Moscow authorities, turn into carnage, resulting in dozens of people (demonstrators and police officers alike) being injured, and hundreds detained? [Read more]