Protesters gather in 99 cities across Russia; top Putin critic is arrested

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In Moscow, some protesters tried to block security vans with cars, and the authorities deployed the riot police and surveillance helicopters. But they mostly avoided the brutal measures used in neighboring Belarus on Saturday against protesters in the capital, Minsk, and other cities.

The police in Belarus beat and arrested hundreds of people who tried to gather for the latest in demonstrations against President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994.

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But while less heavy-handed than in Belarus, whose Soviet-style president is often referred to as “Europe’s last dictator,” the police crackdown in Moscow could still complicate efforts by President Trump to deliver on pledges to “get along” with Mr. Putin.

In a statement on Sunday that reflected widespread wariness of the Russian leader in Washington, Senator Ben Sasse, Republican of Nebraska, said: “Putin’s thugocracy is on full display. The United States government cannot be silent about Russia’s crackdown on peaceful protesters. Free speech is what we’re all about and Americans expect our leaders to call out thugs who trample the basic human rights of speech, press, assembly and protest.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/world/europe/moscow-protests-aleksei-navalny.html

awful

 

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Must be fake news, unless it came from Pravda Report.

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The Kremlin has responded to mass protests on Sunday by accusing the opposition of encouraging lawbreaking and provoking violence.

Some young people were paid to attend, a presidential spokesman said.

But defiant opposition leader Alexei Navalny, one of hundreds of people held, was fined the minimum 20,000 roubles (£280; $350) and was not detained when he appeared in court.

He repeated accusations of corruption against PM Dmitry Medvedev.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39403714

 

meanwhile medvedev says he was off skiing.

 

giant polka dots

 

yayoi kusama style

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Crazy stuff is occurring in the Russian Federation

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"Russia"

"see! Russia is corrupt!"

 

"Belarus"

"*crickets*"

 

Boy this is bad.

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2 hours ago, SRVT said:

"Russia"

"see! Russia is corrupt!"

 

"Belarus"

"*crickets*"

 

Boy this is bad.

What Crickets?  we are watching another case of the folks taking their country back from Putin and his cronies.  They may put up with this one because unlike the Ukraine they dont have a pipeline running through it