MOSCOW — It has been years since Russia's protest movement showed much moxie, sending tens of thousands onto the streets of Moscow for raucous demonstrations against electoral fraud and Vladimir Putin's third term as president. But with the economy now mired in its longest recession in 20 years and parliamentary elections set for this September, Russia's police are drilling for a new rise in discontent.
Washington Post: This is how the Russian police say they will put down mass protests
Riot police stand guard during a march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in central Moscow on March 1, 2015.
