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**** Thousands are arrested in Russia as tens of thousands protest in cities across country
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Opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrested during Sunday's protests (EPA)
In the largest protests that Russia has seen since 2012, demonstrators
in cities across Russia held large anti-government demonstrations,
protesting government corruption. Ekho Moskvy, an independent Moscow
radio station, estimated a total of 60,000 people participated in 82
protests around the country.
Officials said that there were 8,000 protesters in Moscow's Pushkin
Square, while activists claim that the number of protesters was closer
to 20,000.Police used truncheons and pepper spray to disperse the
protesters, and close to 1,000 were arrested. Russian state TV did
not cover the protests, showing soap operas and nature films instead.
In St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, about 5,000-10,000
protesters assembled in the Mars Field park, shouting slogans
including "Putin resign!" and "Down with the thieves in the Kremlin!"
More than 100 were arrested.
About 2,000 gathered in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, carrying
signs such as "No to corruption." 1,500 people turned out in each of
the Siberian cities of Krasnoyarsk and Omsk. In the Urals city of
Yekaterinburg, about 1,000 people turned up. In Russia's Far East,
about 700 people turned up in the city of Vladivostok, where at least
25 people were arrested. Bloomberg and Russia Today and BBC and Politico EU
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**** Massive protests were triggered by opposition leader Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption drive
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One of the people arrested in Moscow on Sunday was Alexei Navalny,
head of Russia's Progress Party, and Russia's main opposition leader.
Navalny triggered the protests earlier this week by publicly calling
for marches across the country to protest corruption at Russia's top
level.
Three weeks ago, Navalny released a 50-minute slickly produced
Youtube video, accusing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of controlling a
property empire containing mansions, yachts and vineyards, through a
shadowy network of nonprofit organizations.
The video is in Russian, but has English subtitles and is quite
entertaining to watch. It describes how Navalny conducted a
three-year investigation that purports to show how Medvedev used his
twitter account to mask millions of dollars in illegal gifts, passing
through "The Foundation For Socially Important Projects." According
to Navalny, it was the silliness of that name that triggered further
investigation.
The video has been watched some 13 million times. Navalny is also a
master at the use of social media, which explains why he was so
successful in bringing out tens of thousands of protesters in cities
across Russia on Sunday.
Some of the demonstrators on Sunday held up yellow rubber ducks.
That's because one of the enormous estates that Medvedev allegedly
owns has many buildings, including a sanctuary for ducks.
Navalny plans to run for President against Vladimir Putin next year,
though technically he is not eligible to run because of a previous
criminal conviction.
Daily Mail and Moscow Times and YouTube - Navalny documentary and Moscow Times (15-Sep-2016)
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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Russia, Moscow, Vladimir Putin,
Dmitry Medvedev, The Foundation For Socially Important Projects,
Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Navalny, Progress Party
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Thousands are arrested in Russia as tens of thousands protest in cities across country
- Massive protests were triggered by opposition leader Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption drive
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**** Thousands are arrested in Russia as tens of thousands protest in cities across country
****
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrested during Sunday's protests (EPA)
In the largest protests that Russia has seen since 2012, demonstrators
in cities across Russia held large anti-government demonstrations,
protesting government corruption. Ekho Moskvy, an independent Moscow
radio station, estimated a total of 60,000 people participated in 82
protests around the country.
Officials said that there were 8,000 protesters in Moscow's Pushkin
Square, while activists claim that the number of protesters was closer
to 20,000.Police used truncheons and pepper spray to disperse the
protesters, and close to 1,000 were arrested. Russian state TV did
not cover the protests, showing soap operas and nature films instead.
In St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, about 5,000-10,000
protesters assembled in the Mars Field park, shouting slogans
including "Putin resign!" and "Down with the thieves in the Kremlin!"
More than 100 were arrested.
About 2,000 gathered in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, carrying
signs such as "No to corruption." 1,500 people turned out in each of
the Siberian cities of Krasnoyarsk and Omsk. In the Urals city of
Yekaterinburg, about 1,000 people turned up. In Russia's Far East,
about 700 people turned up in the city of Vladivostok, where at least
25 people were arrested. Bloomberg and Russia Today and BBC and Politico EU
****
**** Massive protests were triggered by opposition leader Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption drive
****
One of the people arrested in Moscow on Sunday was Alexei Navalny,
head of Russia's Progress Party, and Russia's main opposition leader.
Navalny triggered the protests earlier this week by publicly calling
for marches across the country to protest corruption at Russia's top
level.
Three weeks ago, Navalny released a 50-minute slickly produced
Youtube video, accusing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of controlling a
property empire containing mansions, yachts and vineyards, through a
shadowy network of nonprofit organizations.
The video is in Russian, but has English subtitles and is quite
entertaining to watch. It describes how Navalny conducted a
three-year investigation that purports to show how Medvedev used his
twitter account to mask millions of dollars in illegal gifts, passing
through "The Foundation For Socially Important Projects." According
to Navalny, it was the silliness of that name that triggered further
investigation.
The video has been watched some 13 million times. Navalny is also a
master at the use of social media, which explains why he was so
successful in bringing out tens of thousands of protesters in cities
across Russia on Sunday.
Some of the demonstrators on Sunday held up yellow rubber ducks.
That's because one of the enormous estates that Medvedev allegedly
owns has many buildings, including a sanctuary for ducks.
Navalny plans to run for President against Vladimir Putin next year,
though technically he is not eligible to run because of a previous
criminal conviction.
Daily Mail and Moscow Times and YouTube - Navalny documentary and Moscow Times (15-Sep-2016)
Related Articles
- Hundreds of thousands in Moscow in pro- and anti-Putin rallies (05-Feb-2012)
- The 'Pussy Riot' trial in Russia becomes a defining political event (12-Aug-2012)
- Russian police in Moscow arrest hundreds of protesters (08-May-2012)
- Russia's nationalists turn against Putin (05-Nov-2012)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Russia, Moscow, Vladimir Putin,
Dmitry Medvedev, The Foundation For Socially Important Projects,
Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Navalny, Progress Party
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