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Earlier on Saturday as pro-Navalny protests began\u00a0“sweeping across Russia”<\/a>\u00a0– as CNN dubiously put it (which have not numbered more than in the thousands in any one place) –\u00a0we asked the question<\/a>:\u00a0are we witnessing the start of a\u00a0manufactured ‘color revolution’ targeting Putin<\/strong>\u00a0and the ruling government under the banner of the Navalny ‘nerve agent’ saga?<\/p>\n Of course, it’s too early to tell. But already on ‘day one’ of major protests across several Russian cities the US Embassy in Moscow is highlighting\u00a0the protests and their locations on its website<\/a>. While ostensibly the embassy is directing citizens to “avoid” these demonstrations, given the possibility of violence, the State Department-sponsored public notice\u00a0lists in surprisingly\u00a0specific detail the location and times of a dozen protests in large cities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Russia’s foreign ministry is livid, and has\u00a0charged the US Embassy with giving unnecessary “cover” to the ‘unauthorized’ protests<\/strong>. Essentially the Kremlin is alleging that the ‘notification’\u00a0is a US Embassy ploy to actually publicize and promote the protests.<\/p>\n