In Krasnodar on December 12, an action in defense of the Utrish Nature Reserve took place, which was not permitted by the mayor’s office. It was organized by the Ecological Watch for the North Caucasus and the Yabloko party. A concert took place, Yabloko leader Sergei Mitrokhin spoke, after which the protesters broke through the police cordon and walked through the streets. About 300 people took part in the procession. They shouted: “To the Utrish Nature Reserve - Yes! Yes! Yes!

More than one and a half thousand people gathered on December 12 on Pushkin Square in Moscow for a rally organized by the newly created Committee of Five Demands. The first of these demands is the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

In the opposition The impunity of the crowd December 12, 2010 Julia Latynina There are two news near the news feed. First: “The Coordinator of the Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov was detained after the protest against the construction of a hotel in Maly Kozikhinsky Lane in Moscow.

We've just been released. They presented me with two articles: that we allegedly disobeyed the police - me and another activist of ours - and additionally that I allegedly violated the procedure for organizing public events. But we were treated even more or less loyally, and the other two activists were not released, they were left in the cell - Ghazaryan and Shevchenko. We were in different departments with them. There were some more loyal policemen here who released us pending trial.

In the opposition The power of the mess is a disorder of power: Happy Constitution Day! December 12, 2010 Anton Oresh What happened on Saturday in Moscow is not news. In 2002, it was even worse on Manezhnaya. Then viewing the match of the World Cup between Japan and Russia ended with a tremendous pogrom, riot police was attacked, beaten and fled, fans went along Tverskaya, burned cars and beat windows.