Konstantin Doroshok, one of the protest leaders, said he negotiated with a Moscow official who agreed to allow a peaceful demonstration as long as participants refrained from calling for Putin's resignation. But Doroshok said the official later flew to Kaliningrad to tell him the deal had been overruled by others in Moscow determined to provoke bloodshed and portray the protesters as radical separatists.
so let me get this straight: if you call for putin's resignation, you are subject to violent reprisals. you know i could point to the press repressions, the assassination of critics (esp re: the chechen genocide). but the story linked aboove is plenty for you to understand what sort of regime is in control in moscow.