Current Event- December 24

Demonstrators in Moscow. Source: Yahoo News

   Russia's current Prime Minister of twelve years, Vladimir Putin, was reelected on December fourth, causing an uproar in Moscow's streets all month long. Protesters continue to call for the election to be rerun on major suspicions that the elections were rigged. It makes sense; most of Russia's citizens want his domination to be over, so why would they reelect him? This Saturday, A demonstration of about 120,000 protesters rallied against Putin's rule, yelling things like, "New elections, new elections!" and, "Russia without Putin!". The protesters believe that the huge turnout will urge the people to continue attending the demonstrations and eventually edge Putin from his seat, or force the Government to hold new elections. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister seems intent on riding out the protests.
    The protesters got their hopes up when the Kremlin's human rights council stated that new elections should be held. Nobody is sure if they will be listened to.
    The protesters say that they are going to keep trying to push Putin out of his seat of power, and keep him from returning to presidency in March. They will not give up, because they know their rights, and they are not afraid anymore.
    These demonstrations will likely continue until the protesters succeed with their purpose, just as protests will continue around the world for all reasons.