A week of protests in Russia.<br/> Anger over an election -- which international monitors and the United States found fault with -- unleashed years of pent-up frustration with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his tight political controls.<br/> Now President President Dmitry Medvedev is announcing that there will be investigations into allegations of voter fraud.<br/> Some say he had little choice.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOSCOW PEDESTRIAN DILSHOT BURKHONOV, SAYING:<br/> "He had no other choice, because he has brought everything to extremes. If he didn't make a decision to do it, trust in him would have absolutely fallen, which it practically has. I would say in many cities, the people don't trust him at all. I mean all of those who I know and talk to."<br/> Others argue that it is not enough<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOSCOW RESIDENT TATIANA, SAYING:<br/> "I think it would be more correct if it wasn't simply a vote recount at first, but probably it would be better to organize a new State Duma election, to do it once again."<br/> Rival parties and election observers say the official results were inflated by violations such as ballot-box stuffing, and allegations of fraud have spread on the Internet along with calls to turn out for protests.<br/> Russian opposition parties are now calling for another protest for Dec. 24, by which time, they demand an official recount of last Sunday's poll.<br/> Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
