RT’s 10 that shaped 2011: Russian election & protests

27 Dec, 2011 06:39 / Updated 12 years ago

With 2012 just around the corner, RT continues its own countdown with ten special reports on events that have shaped 2011. We are looking back at major stories through the eyes of RT correspondents who witnessed them.

This year has definitely been an unusual one for Russian politics. The ruling United Russia party lost popularity in the parliamentary poll, but that did not stop protests against the results. RT's Anissa Naouai covered developments from the outset, and now shares her experience of how they unfolded.