[noswi]

How to deal with the discontent:

1. Make things worse for everybody, much worse,

2. After public outrage, return things to how they were before #1,

3. Profit, while the public rejoices and celebrates a victory.

[choult]

There's more to this than just the anti-protest laws - what kind of protests do you think they were trying to prevent in the first place?

[volodia]

Actually, the opposition is saying that is this not enough, and they will not stop until the president resigns.