Vladimir Putin accuses Hillary Clinton of inciting protests - Telegraph In his first comments on three days of anti-Kremlin protests, the Russian prime minister alleged that Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, had deliberately encouraged his political opponents to take to the streets in Moscow and St. Petersburg. “She sent a signal to some activists inside the country,” Vladimir Putin told a meeting of his supporters. “They got the message and started active work with the support of the US state department.”