Moscow police detain children for laying flowers at Ukrainian embassy

[speak easy]

Five children aged seven to 11 with peace signs held for hours while two women face trial on unspecified charges

Police in Moscow detained two women and five children who wanted to lay flowers at the Ukrainian embassy.

Photographs of their detention showed the children holding a poster saying “No to War.

The children, aged 7 to 11, were held with their mothers in a police van before being taken to a police station. They were released hours later, according to anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova.

Arkhipova said that the two women detained were Ekaterina Zavizion and Olga Alter along with Liza, 11, Gosha, 11, Matvey, 9, David, 7, and Sofya, 7.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/moscow-police-arrest-children-for-laying-flowers-at-ukrainian-embassy




There is video on the net of the frightened children crying in police cells. Way to win hearts and minds, Mr. Putin.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Russia is not a country in the traditional sense. It is land ruled by the Russian mob.

[Botany]

2. And here we have grown men and women who complain about having to get a vaccine or wear a mask?

Those kids are so brave. I hope the Russian troops in the Ukraine get to see these images.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. America under a second term of The Fascist would be much like this, or could be in future.

Democracy is so fragile…who knew?…other than the fascists, ofc.

[speak easy]

4. 'Trump's paramilitary squads descend on Portland'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/20/trump-shock-troops-portland-doomed

[kwolf68]

5. Yup

But you can't just overthrow democracy if you are a random despot, you need willing accomplices and a subservient public. How close we are to losing it all? Last January 6 was the first real shot across the bow.