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Has Putin overplayed his hand? Brave people of Moscow dare to speak out against Ukraine invasion amid protests across country ... as experts suggest Russian leader's gamble could see public OUST him
Daily Mail ^ | February 25, 2022 | Martin Robinson

Posted on 02/25/2022 5:53:09 AM PST by Cecily

Brave critics of Vladimir Putin living in Russia today spoke out to accuse him of wrecking their country and 'starting World War Three' as protesters took to the streets of more than 50 cities despite the threat of being charged with treason.

Thousands marched amid claims Putin may have 'overplayed his hand' with an invasion of Ukraine his critics hope will sink him - and some were interviewed by the foreign press including the BBC despite knowing the Kremlin would be watching.

One woman broke down and said she 'can't stop crying' while another protester said: 'Most Russians don't support this. It's horrible'.

While the protest numbers in a country of 180million were in the low thousands, their bravery has been hailed around the world because of Putin's policy of smashing protests and jailing his enemies.

They also spoke out despite facing near-certain arrest and imprisonment because the Kremlin says 'negative comments' about Putin's invasion of the Ukraine would be treated as 'treason'. And despite this Facebook was awash with Russians angry about the war.

Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Russia's only anti-Putin newspaper who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, says they will publish the next version of Novaya Gazeta in two languages ​​- Ukrainian and Russian - declaring: 'We do not recognize Ukraine as an enemy'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: genius; nohesagenius
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I hope this is the outcome - Putin ousted and tried as as war criminal.
1 posted on 02/25/2022 5:53:09 AM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

I’m sure he has his version of dominion for elections.


2 posted on 02/25/2022 5:56:28 AM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. )
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To: Cecily

If they try to overthrow Putin, he might go full General Jack Ripper…


3 posted on 02/25/2022 5:58:33 AM PST by EEGator
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Protestors ? Better freeze their accounts and take their trucks away.


4 posted on 02/25/2022 5:59:20 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: Cecily

Sounds like Canada or DC.


5 posted on 02/25/2022 6:00:20 AM PST by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: Cecily

Ukraine is a failed state.

It should have been filled with factories making low cost products for Europe.

Its corruption was blessed by the open hands of the son of the elected President of the United States of America.

The EU was more interested in punishing the UK for asking for self-determination than making nearby countries prosperous.


6 posted on 02/25/2022 6:01:38 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Cecily

Russian fatalities are staking up and for what?

No reason to invade. No direct threat.

Mom’s and Dad’s getting notices left and right.

UN bottom feeders feckless and exposed.

Now would be a good time to look at Chinese troop movements regarding Taiwan.

Biden has green lighted all of it as Jill watches their bank accounts blossom.


7 posted on 02/25/2022 6:02:35 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: escapefromboston

I notice there has been a change there since the 20th century. Not only are they being allowed (so far) to protest, but we’re hearing about it.


8 posted on 02/25/2022 6:03:53 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Cecily

These are Soros-hired “protesters,” just like BLM and Antifa in the US.


9 posted on 02/25/2022 6:03:55 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: Cecily

Not for nothing, but how different is this from like Gaddafi or whatever pointing to anti-war protests in the U.S. and saying “the people are rising up against this!”?


10 posted on 02/25/2022 6:04:34 AM PST by Trump20162020
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There is great perception in the interview as well. Not that anybody is supporting what he did, but it can help to at least understand it.

“What does Russia Want”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYK4UGS-C0I


11 posted on 02/25/2022 6:05:08 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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It should have been filled with factories making low cost products for Europe.

You take the factories and pave over the bread basket of Europe? Which factory product do you regularly eat?


12 posted on 02/25/2022 6:05:56 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Really? Well it’s their sons, husbands, brothers, et al. who may get killed fighting in Ukraine because of crazy Vlad. I’d say they have legitimate reason to protest.


13 posted on 02/25/2022 6:06:28 AM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

LMAO

Nothing is going to oust Putin except death by old age.

I would say assassination but Putin is too brutally clever.


14 posted on 02/25/2022 6:07:27 AM PST by Ophiucus
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To: Cecily

LOLOLOL.

If anyone here thinks Russia has real valid free elections, please take two steps forward.


15 posted on 02/25/2022 6:07:42 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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While the protest numbers in a country of 180million were in the low thousands, their bravery has been hailed around the world because of Putin's policy of smashing protests and jailing his enemies.

Sounds like something the U.S. would do. Oh wait...

16 posted on 02/25/2022 6:08:54 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Cecily

Kinda seems like Putin and China either start WWIII and win or Putin’s days are numbered.


17 posted on 02/25/2022 6:09:51 AM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Trump20162020

It is different because Russians who openly oppose Putin tend to pay a heavy price for it. In the USA, anti-war protestors pay no personal price whatsoever. The Russian protestors seem bona fide to me.


18 posted on 02/25/2022 6:09:52 AM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

Putin has blackmail evidence on Brandon.

This was all prearranged.


19 posted on 02/25/2022 6:09:59 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: Cecily

Any fool can start a war, and once he’s done so, even the wisest of men are helpless to stop it - especially if it’s a nuclear war. - Nikita Khrushchev


20 posted on 02/25/2022 6:11:38 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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