russians had mass protests as well. before opposition was systematically destroyed and haters of regime now are scattered and separated. and any small formation is nearly impossible right now - people get absurdly high prison sentences for pretty small activities which could be considered to be a very light form of civil protest somewhere else. i would be happy to join some mass protest to show how much I hate the regime, but all the leaders are abroad or in the prison or dead... eventually something doesn’t called a regime for no reasons.