rabbi a professor at lebanese international university thank you very much for your analysis. but with less than a month ago before russia's presidential vote emotions are running high i am a campaign shift up a gear following a day of demonstrations and. prime minister and presidential candidate for dinner putin continues to lay out his electoral program this time it's more about whether shape democracy with initiatives allowing the people to suggest their own laws online can offer has more for the main idea of the sort of go is that a civil society in russia has grown and developed and become much more active most importantly compared to say ten years ago and what comes to the state well it's a lagging behind at the moment people do want to be more active and have more influence on the political life and one of the mechanisms providing them with these opportunities is the internet and this is not only about the tens of thousands of people who now take to the streets for this or that rally is about millions of internet users in russia who over the past few years have become v