Sergey Petrov, founder of Russian auto dealer ROLF Group, was among tens of thousands of Muscovites who braved police lines and near-freezing temperatures on Dec. 10 to denounce election fraud and keep alive the anger that led to a major reverse for Vladimir V. Putin's ruling party in parliamentary elections a week before. "When you get waves of protests, of course markets are unstable and stock prices fall, and business suffers most of all," says Petrov. "But in the long term, business benefits from change and reform."
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