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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeanwhile, the courageous Russian People are massing in Moscow again today
After two weekends of extreme violence by
Putins jackbooted stormtroopers, 47,000
brave Moscowvites have come out today to
protest his undemocratic kleptocracy. This
destroys the myth that Putin is still popular.
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fuck all you mobsters
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Meanwhile, the courageous Russian People are massing in Moscow again today (Original Post)
Leghorn21
Aug 2019
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. Support from Los Angeles!
malthaussen
(17,187 posts)2. Bigger crowd than Trump's inaugural n/t
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)3. So brave to do that in a country that kills critics so easily! nt
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)4. photos:
Over 50 thousand people came today to Sakharov
Avenue in Moscow to demand free and fair elections.
At least 66 people have been detained in three cities -
St. Petersburg, Rostov on Don and Moscow.
Avenue in Moscow to demand free and fair elections.
At least 66 people have been detained in three cities -
St. Petersburg, Rostov on Don and Moscow.
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Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)5. Keep fighting them there, good Russians.
We'll keep fighting them here.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)6. "...the river of dignity!"
And as the rally goes, people are coming, more and
more. Dense streams from all adjacent streets fill the river of dignity!
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Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)7. Somewhere in Moscow:
Kid Berwyn
(14,887 posts)8. Plutocrats, Kleptocrats and Oligarchs need Putin.
And Racists.
Fuck all the mobsters.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)9. These people are truly brave.
Last week Browder reported learning that authorities were threatening to cut the fingers off arrested protesters. Not quite murder, yet somehow just as terrifying.
There were/are about 50,000 today, dozens "detained."
dmr
(28,347 posts)10. Yes, they truly are brave.
The danger is very real.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)11. "Shame, shame, shame"
This is fantastic! Members of the public drown out this
#Kremlin TV present(er), chanting "shame, shame, shame".
Slightly Game of Thrones.
#Kremlin TV present(er), chanting "shame, shame, shame".
Slightly Game of Thrones.
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