Sean Guillory's got the rundown on Nemtsov's fiasco here.  And as always, Anatoly Karlin is ready to address any misinterpreted demographics statistics...

OT, well-meaning readers have been flooding my inbox with pictures of the protest.  I'm afraid to open my e-mail at work now!

Also, I've not retired!  If anything I write more now...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.