WOW! Protests Rock Russian Far East With Calls for Putin to Resign

[Budi]

Protests Rock Russian Far East With Calls for Putin to Resign

Tens of thousands took to the streets in Russia’s usually somnolent hinterland after the arrest of a popular regional governor.

The Ministry of Interior, which controls Russia’s regular police forces, estimated that between 10,000 and 12,000 people had joined the protest in Khabarovsk. Local news outlets put the number at more than 40,000.

State-controlled media ignored the protests while giving extensive coverage to troubles in the United States, particularly a spike in coronavirus cases.
The focus on America’s problems instead of Russia’s Far East led Dmitri Alekseyev, a wealthy businessman in Vladivostok, a city east of Khabarovsk, to comment on Facebook that “it seems I am living in the U.S.A.”
MORE....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/world/europe/russia-protests-putin.html

**VIDEO at LINK:

Wishing these anti-Putin protestors safety & success
👍

[Leghorn21]

1. "Tens of thousands", WOW!!

“The focus on America’s problems instead of Russia’s Far East led Dmitri Alekseyev, a wealthy businessman in Vladivostok, a city east of Khabarovsk, to comment on Facebook that “it seems I am living in the U.S.A.”
—- we can dig it, Dmitri, because it seems WE are living in Russia!!


Also wishing these anti-Putin protestors safety and success, y’all rock steady/hang tough



RESPECT

[Budi]

4. No shit. That was my reaction as well.

"..we can dig it, Dmitri, because it seems WE are living in Russia!!"

[Leghorn21]

2. This is how ya do it:

[Budi]

3. Good pic ! Wish I could embed the video at the link..

A damn honorable protest!

[KPN]

9. Awesome.

[Leghorn21]

5. Here we are, Budi - at the BBC link, a tweeter posted this:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53373132

To Russia with tons of love and solidarity

[Budi]

6. Looking at them & us, I believe we could take down Putin AND Trump!!

Putin was pissed at Sec State Clinton when she encouraged the Russian people to rise up against Putin in favor of Democracy.

That took some guts on her part, & probably had something to do with Putin's all out smear campaign against her in 2016.
But looking at this protest I have to applaud her as well for speaking to an oppressed Russian society, living under a fascist dictator.

With that, she has earned herself my personal Joan of Arc award for human rights around the world.

Human Rights is what she has always stood boldly for.

[Igel]

11. But Furgal's Zhirinovsky's man in the far east.

Navalny's just horning in.

I've disliked Zhirinovsky for many years longer than I've disliked Putin. (And I was cutting-edge in disliking Putin. He wasn't even elected yet the first time and I disliked him.)

[Budi]

12. Hey, there's a lot to dislike in mob infested Russia

Where does one begin.
😬

[Budi]

7. Thank you for posting the video. Like we're kindred protest spirits, huh!

🙂

[Chainfire]

8. Not to worry

The Russians know how to deal with uppity peasants...

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[Leghorn21]

13. Hey, Budi - here's the latest, dammit

Nine minutes ago, the Russian military rolls in to #Хабаровск where protestors have risen up against the removal of their elected Governor by Vladimir Putin.

Link to tweet

[Budi]

14. I thought of Portland today when watching your video from RU protests

You know Trump will not hesitate to break the back of our rights, as Putin & every dictator hero of his has done.

This is the direction he's been gradually moving America all along..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213766361

"Trump Sent Cops to Portland and They're 'Kidnapping People off the Streets'"

"As the dictatorship marches forward! If Trump wins 2020, this will be daily for anyone who opposes him - disappearing people."

~ 🤬🤨😥

[Leghorn21]

15. No argument here, B -- I've been wondering since 2017, "Who will tell ICE to stand down?"

Maybe we’re about to find out, h o p e f u l l y

(I’m assuming these Portland mercs are ICE/BP/tiger swan conglomerates—they’re all same guys, eh)

[Budi]

16. Border Patrol which means they work for Trump. No oversite & covert.

Trial run for Trump's last ditch effort to stay in power.

I hate going down that road, but looking at the timeline of unimaginable events he has weilded upon America so far, I'm not able to dismiss the idea.

Throughout history, reading the gradual progression of how Democracies fell, we are on course.

[ck4829]

17. Kick

[A Clear n Present D]

18. Has Trump Offered American Troops to Putin Yet?

"You know, Vladi---SORRY! Uh, er, you know, Master, with the crowd-suppression experience our military's been getting lately, I can send some over if you want. Would that make you love me again, Master???"