Let's hope Putin's Russia does not become a new Syria in near future

Maybe ok that Putin is again in power, but today, after his big win, one sentence in his speech against opposition  http://rt.com/news/putin-win-supporters-speech-827/  let me think, could Russia will be a new Syria in the near future. If there will be big protests by opposition.  Hope not. Let us see how big that short man will be...