Ten thousand is a lot of people to disappear. Putin has always faced opposition. It looks like the cat’s out of the bag with demonstrations of that magnitude. The smaller numbers previously were easy to arrest. Add the debacle with the Chinese and Putin ain’t so highfalutin anymore.
His acknowledgment of financial issues underscores the fact the man has problems.
If I were nefarious I might dream of a scheme of virusing them with a drone or something like that. But who knows.
Ukraine, meanwhile, is getting very serious about the Lord. Russia remains riddled with the occult. In the long term, the more God faithful side is poised to win.
Indeed, compared to the violent anti-government protests in the EU sector this week which went largely unreported by western media, this peaceful protest in 'commie' Russia looks like it was handled with velvet gloves.