Posted on 07/28/2019 10:01:02 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
"Detention of over 1000 peaceful protestors in Russia and use of disproportionate police force undermine rights of citizens to participate in the democratic process," U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Andrea Kalan tweeted.
Police in Moscow detained more than 1,300 people in a day of protests against alleged irregularities in the run-up to local elections...Officers clad in riot gear used batons against demonstrators who had gathered outside Moscow City Hall on July 27 and roughly detained people.
It is unclear how many people turned up for the rally because authorities prevented a mass crowd from gathering together in any one location.
A July 20 opposition rally in Moscow drew an estimated crowd of 20,000.
Aleksei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition activist who is currently serving a 30-day jail sentence for calling the latest protest, has said demonstrations would continue until the rejected candidates are allowed to run.
The 45 members of the Moscow City Duma hold powerful posts -- retaining the ability to propose legislation as well as inspect how the city’s $43 billion budget is spent.
(Excerpt) Read more at rferl.org ...
Protester: “It’s a free country”
Officer: “Nyet”
When US govt starts condemning Saudi Arabia I’ll believe that it’s criticism of Russia are about human rights and not CIA shenanigans
From Radio Free Europe??
Have they issued anything about the deaths, blindings, amputations occuring
from the Macron Regime,
and it’s actions against the peaceful protests by the Gilets Jaunes in France
which are now in their 9th month?
Russia has crooked elections? Horrors! We must sanction and boycott!
But let’s keep selling arms to Saudis who don’t have elections!
“” “” “Detention of over 1000 peaceful protestors in Russia and use of disproportionate police force undermine rights of citizens to participate in the democratic process,” U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Andrea Kalan tweeted.”” “”
Imagine a crap storm if Russian Embassy twitted a thing about irregularities in US elections.
The mob of angry democrats would do to them the same thing Iranians did to US Embassy at the time.
In order to lecture someone on freedom and democracy you need to have a moral high ground to start with.
Can care less. It’s none of our business.
This will bring out the “I WANT TO HAVE VLAD’S BABY” crowd lol.
*** This will bring out the “I WANT TO HAVE VLAD’S BABY” crowd lol. ***
Don’t want to have Vlad’s baby, but at least in Russia a child wouldn’t be undergoing court ordered “trans” therapy to getting his penis and testicles chopped off (like here in Texas), kiddie drag shows where little boys get dollar bills stuffed down their pants by pedophiles, and drag Queens from Hell are subverting children’s minds towards the joys of sexual perversions.
Better than having faggots freely roaming the streets preying on children as we have here.
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