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'
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I’m sure he has his version of dominion for elections.
If they try to overthrow Putin, he might go full General Jack Ripper…
Protestors ? Better freeze their accounts and take their trucks away.
Sounds like Canada or DC.
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.
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.
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.
These are Soros-hired “protesters,” just like BLM and Antifa in the US.
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!”?
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
It should have been filled with factories making low cost products for Europe.
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You take the factories and pave over the bread basket of Europe? Which factory product do you regularly eat?
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.
LMAO
Nothing is going to oust Putin except death by old age.
I would say assassination but Putin is too brutally clever.
LOLOLOL.
If anyone here thinks Russia has real valid free elections, please take two steps forward.
Sounds like something the U.S. would do. Oh wait...
Kinda seems like Putin and China either start WWIII and win or Putin’s days are numbered.
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.
Putin has blackmail evidence on Brandon.
This was all prearranged.
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
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