Russian Protesters Released From Custody Vow To Fight On
By Marina KORENEVA
02/10/21 AT 4:24 PM
The time in prison has done little to quench Ruslan Krasnikov's thirst for change at the helm of Russian government -- and to fight for it through street protests.
"The protests will continue. People have suffered injustice," he said Wednesday outside a detention centre where he had just spent 10 days in Russia's second-largest city Saint Petersburg.
"The discontent with the authorities will only keep growing," the still pimple-faced 22-year-old added.
Ruslan Krasnikov: 'The protests will continue' Photo: AFP / Olga MALTSEVA
Krasnikov was one of nearly 11,500 Russians detained across the country over a two-week span from late January through early February during protests in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and against President Vladimir Putin.