Thousands of Russians on March 17 demonstrated their protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin by showing up at the polling stations at the pre-agreed time, at noon. This “peaceful protest,” promoted by late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was meant to demonstrate how many Russians were ready to vote against Putin. After showing up at the same time, those opposing Putin were supposed to proceed to vote for any other candidate – or to ruin the ballot. Russia’s presidential election entered its third and last day on March 17, with the state-controlled news agency Interfax report…