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[Left] As a result of May 6, 2012, “March of Millions” protest, 27 people face political charges (unofficially known as “Bolotny Case”) that could send them to prison for up to 10 years. Some are battle-hardened opposition activists, but just as many are ordinary Russians who had joined anti-Putin protests for the first time in 2012. “Fund-raiser for RosUznik 410011434636201 Yandex 9175905631 QIWI”. Sticker features a graphic image of a prisoner grasping jail bars with barbed wire overhead. [Center] The first March of Millions took place on May 6, 2012, in Moscow on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s presidential inauguration.…

The Euromaidan (Євромайдан, Yevromaidan, “Eurosquare”) was formed through continuous acts of civil disobedience by Ukrainian citizens and began on the night of November 21, 2013, in Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine. Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) is the central square in Kiev and the primary location for the Revolution of Dignity. Demonstrations and civil unrest called for the resignation of the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, and for closer European integration.  Many Ukrainians identify with the European Union, not Russia. The blue stickers with stars mirror the logo for the European Union, and the two in the center feature a play…