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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that the tariffs were designed to prop up demand for Russian-made cars and secure jobs in the ailing Russian auto industry.
But Morozov, a 21-year-old university student who's been gunning up support for the Moscow protest on YouTube, said Russian cars just aren't any good.
Foreign cars "are much better than those produced in our country, and they are affordable for average people," he said. "It's not like I earn millions of dollars and can ride around in a new Audi like our president or Duma deputies."
But in what could be an ominous sign for authorities, some police officers openly showed their sympathy to protesters during the rally in Vladivostok. One officer told demonstrators that police support their demands and only move to disperse the rally for fear of losing their jobs.
