Posted on 08/22/2010 11:03:24 AM PDT by Uncle Ike
MOSCOW Police prevented about 100 opposition activists from marching through Moscow on Sunday with a giant Russian flag and detained three of their leaders, including prominent politician Boris Nemtsov.
The opposition activists were celebrating Flag Day, a holiday honoring the tricolor flag adopted by a newly democratic Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Nemtsov said the decision to stop a march honoring the Russian flag showed the mentality of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's government.
"The flag is a symbol of freedom and democracy, only not for Putin," Nemtsov said, speaking to The Associated Press from a city police precinct.
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The regime is dutifully taking copious notes, over only here, the media would cheer them on..
coming to a USA near you
Yup. Witness Pelousy’s call for investigation of citizens who oppose the 911 victory mosque. /spit And the SRM’s largely non-existent reaction. /hurl
Cuz that sounds funsky.
The problem with that ‘opposition’ leaders in Russia is they are not an opposition but a lib clowns with zero public support.
They are busy to violate everything on their rallies blocking trafic and setting fight with cops just to get detained in order to be the news here, to get attention and money of Western libs.
I’m not a fan of Putin but no symphathy for these ‘freedom fighters’.
The problem with that ‘opposition’ leaders in Russia is they are not an opposition but a lib clowns with zero public support.
They are busy to violate everything on their rallies blocking trafic and setting fight with cops just to get detained in order to be the news here, to get attention and money of Western libs.
I’m not a fan of Putin but no symphathy for these ‘freedom fighters’.
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