Specifics of a provincial political protest in modern Russia (on an example of the city of Yelets, Lipetsk region)
The street political protests which recently have become characteristic feature of political process in modern Russia, obtain support and development not only in the capital, but also in the province. The author of this article tries to give the characteristic to a political protest in a Russian province, thus, noting its similarity/distinctions with the same protests in the capital. The author focuses on the provincial features of a street protest and finds reflection in its structures and forms. The provincial protest has many exclusively peculiar features, thus, after all incorporates itself much from the political taste and style features of protests in Moscow/capital. This circumstance in many respects predetermines prospects of institutionalization of street protests in Russian provinces.