Russia: mass protests against #Putin's regime. Far East: Khabarovsk (Chant: Putin is a thief!), Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (No more tolerating Putin's crimes! Off with the Tsar!), Magadan (iconic Gulag city), thread ... #Navalny #FreeNavalnyNow #PutinsPalace
2. Vladivostok (Putin is a thief, Putin, resign!), Irkutsk (We are the power here! Go away!) Yakutsk (in -58F), Chita, Ulan-Ude, Novosibirsk and counting through the timezone.
3. Police is dispersing protest in Vladivostok (video) https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1352885729634955265
4. Orsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk. More arrests. https://twitter.com/MBKhMedia/status/1352883573985050624
5. Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Gorno-Altaysk, Novokuznetsk and counting. https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1352898258935410690
6. Arrests in Khabarovsk: https://twitter.com/tvrain/status/1352881104882081793
Protests against Putin in Russia so far. In extreme cold (down to -58F). It keeps going. Most likely missed some places. I might crash before it gets to Moscow and St. Petersburg (in two hours.)
Perm, Tumen. Most organizers have been detained/arrested BEFORE the protest; some activists are being arrested now. Protests are planned to take place in 90 cities around Russia. I will sum it up in a few hours--going to try and sleep now. Photos: https://sibkray.ru/news/2126/940583/
Back in 5 hours (needed to sleep). Will cover what had happened during this time and happening nowю It's happening. People are fed up. Looks like every city and town are out in the streets, in the snow, chanting: Putin, go away! Freedom to Navalny! Moscow: #23январяЗаСвободу
❤️Over the last 5 hrs: Ivanovo, Samara (chant: Putin is a thief!), Magnitogorsk (more ice sculptures), Ulianovsk (Lenin's home town), Saratov (P is a thief!), Astrakhan (Freedom! Freedom!), Volgograd... #23январяЗаСвободу #FreeNalvany #FreeNavalnyNow coverage/thread ☝👇❤️
In Chita, police refused to arrest people. In Krasnoyarsk, brutal police violence. https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1352928941582016513
Protests over Russia overview continues: Yaroslavl ("Putin is a thief!) Bryansk, Belgorod (Putin, go away!), Penza (Putin is a thief!), Krasnodar, Arkhangelsk (extreme cold, Putin is a thief!), Nizhny Novgorod (Freedom! ) https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1352939658896936960
Voronezh (Russia will be free!), Tambov (Russia will be free!), Sochi (Freedom to Navalny), Cheboksary (Putin, retire!), Syktyvkar, Novorossiysk, Lipetsk (Freedom!) https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1352952528628051969
South to North, Russia is chanting: Putin is a thief! Russia will be free! Arrests all around; here is a young woman arrested in Volgograd. #23января #FreeNalvany #RussiaProtests https://twitter.com/teamnavalny_vlg/status/1352958648742539264
Julia Navalny (Navalny's wife) is detained in Moscow. Most of the opposition leaders are in jail. Russian people keep marching (see below) https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1352959107981045763
Penza, Murmansk (extreme cold, "Let him go!"), Glenedzhik, Krasondar, small towns like Kineshma (video), https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1352986447876403201
Moscow and St. Petersburg have joined by now. It is 10.20 pm. Massive and peaceful marches first; arrests and police violence at this point. In Moscow, protesters made Putin a snowman and played soccer with a police helmet.
Currently, in Moscow, people are being arrested and beaten up on Strastnoy boulevard (means "Passion" blvd, by the circus, I used to work across the street..)
Video of police on the Strastnoy ("Passion") boulevard: https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1352977829487636480
St. Petersburg. Nevsky prospect, the main street. Mass protest, chants "Putin is a thief", people break through the cops line. My hometown. https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1352962827955412992
St. Petersburg. As of now, more than 200 detained. https://twitter.com/MBKhMedia/status/1352985466799325185
In Moscow, protestors played snowballs with riot police. https://twitter.com/MBKhMedia/status/1352985287828320260
Julia Navalny has been released about 15 minutes ago. Putin must be afraid. An hour earlier, a folk dance in Moscow in protest. According to Reuters, at least 40,000 protestors in Moscow. https://twitter.com/tvrain/status/1352981103699746817
St. Petersburg, an hour ago: Putin is a thief! St. Petersburg is Putin's hometown, too. We knew he was a thief. He stole our food in 1990. I was there. I remember not having food. #RussiaProtests https://twitter.com/tvrain/status/1352974896322781190
As of 7 pm Jan 23(there are more--this is just all I can see as of now.) Please RT: The whole country of Russia is chanting "Putin is a thief!" Hear this, world! #23январяЗаСвободу #23januaryForFreedom #Navalny #navalnyprotests #RussiaProtests #russiaprotest thread ☝👇
Navalny's allies just called for the whole country protests next weekend. There are arrests/beatings in St.Petersburg now. https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1353005657046343680
In Moscow, a big crowd is walking towards the prison where Navalny is kept. It is called "Sailor's Silence" and is one of the worst in Russia. 40 solitary confinement cells. Murderous history. Magnitsky was killed here. https://twitter.com/olachesare/status/1353001119677632513
1908 detained today.
Across the globe, protests in support. Berline (photos), Milan, Paris, Prague, Tel-Aviv, Tokyo. Later, planned: New York, San Francisco. https://twitter.com/SvobodaRadio/status/1353004351426600960
Below is the link to the video about Putin's secret Versaille released by Navalny's team after his arrest. ENGLISH SUBTITLES (turn them on!) It is a fun watch. Infuriating but fun.
If you can't watch Navalny's video, here is my translation of another popular investigative journalist summary of Putinism. Navalny covers this in the first part of the video. Putin is a thief: facts. https://medium.com/@ZarinaZabrisky/putinism-introduction-7167f6a6ec9d
In Moscow, protestors approached the jail but the access is blocked by street-cleaning trucks. People are being arrested. https://twitter.com/mediazzzona/status/1353016591592673281
From earlier today: police arrests a 10 year old child in Moscow, video. #23январяЗаСвободу #Russia #RussiaProtests https://twitter.com/damigloss/status/1352928884610789377
More people by the jail, chanting "Freedom to Alexey Navalny!" As of 8 pm Moscow time. https://twitter.com/teamnavalny/status/1353023735004082177
Riot police attacked and arrested several dozens of protestors by the jail. Several reports of severe beatings. https://twitter.com/tvrain/status/1353022285058355203
Beatings in arrests in Kazan at this moment: https://twitter.com/mediazzzona/status/1353024699429740550
Riot police chasing protestors in Moscow in front of jail right now https://twitter.com/mediazzzona/status/1353024480055070720
Police violence video (a protestor is being beaten on his head with a boot), Moscow, by the jail https://twitter.com/novaya_gazeta/status/1353024563416854530
20 people detained by the jail in Moscow. A detained person is kept with his face pushed into the snow. Over 2000 arrested all over Russia and brutality/arrests continue. https://twitter.com/mediazzzona/status/1353026521393467392
Waiting to hear more on the jail situation. Internet is reported to be down/slow in Moscow. No new reports in 15 min. Meanwhile, a video from St.Petersburg main street a few hours ago. Hard to watch. https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1352986501798354945
And a video of aerial view of just a part of the crowd in Moscow earlier: https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1352954648546729984
As of now, the number of arrested around Russia: 2,250 (102 under the age of 18), 38 journalists. 28 beatings recorded. #navalny #Russia #RussiaProtests #FreeNalvany a long thread w/live coverage of #23январяЗаСвободу 👇☝ https://twitter.com/MBKhMedia/status/1353030908597698561
Meanwhile, The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the US Embassy website post of times/locations of protests goes beyond caring for citizens in Russia & will be interpreted as incitement & interference in internal affairs. https://tass.ru/politika/10531953
#RussiaProtests are wrapping up. I'll be checking in/reporting throughout the day. Russia knows that Putin is a thief, his allies are criminals, & that Russia should be free. Salute to the hundreds of thousands who braved riot police, jail, and freezing cold. #Russia #Navalnyi
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