Russian Liberals Growing Uneasy With Alliances

An interesting alliance is being made for Russian Citizens Movement against Putin, the Prime Minister. To drive out Putin, the liberals and middle-class who once had hostile relations with nationalists couldn't but to hold hands with them. Main reason for this awkward alliance lies on
the "immaturity" of the movement. One of the liberalist credited the nationalists’ long experience in opposition politics and inststed that secure cooperation with all the political groups in Russia was critical to success or failture of the movement. Since the participation of the nationalists has gathered support of the conservative area: the offices and hipster cafes, their political influence is getting more perilous to ignore. The inclusion of the nationalists is currently based on their vows not to exercise any violent means for racism. However, now it remains to seen until when this democratic movement can endure the hidden voices of the nationalists.

www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/world/europe/russian-liberals-weigh-alliance-with-nationalists.html?ref=world

Sophia Park