The city's decision to clear the walls sparked immense backlash at the beginning of the year. Now, they want a new batch of artists to paint it again. Here's.
ainsley: there are a lot of people against this. not only americans but all over the world. tokyo and in paris and london and berlin. there were people that were protesting. and yesterday in new york, there is the russian embassy up in your old neighborhood, geraldo, a few blocks from where you used to live 91st street was blocked off there were thousands of people out there or hundreds i should say. i don t know about 1,000. they started in times square and worked their way up to the upper east side and blocking off streets and holding hands and holding this long flag that took up the whole city block and singing their national anthem. they were draped in the ukrainian flag. these protests are going on all over the world. and in russia there are protesters that are antiwar protesters. and putin and his officers have more than 1700 of them. and there s a possibility they could be charged with treason because they have warned, the government has warned any negative comments would be t
of little demonstration unless front of that consulate. the russian consulate on 91st street. my daughters go go to school across the street there was nothing of the scale of what is happening now. this is an upswelling of support from the russian people themselves. particularly young russians who look to their president, look to their government and say why are we this massive mighty country attacking ukraine? why are we doing this? and hundreds, hundreds of them are putting their back sides on the line. they are getting arrested in moscow. it s not like being arrested in new york and you get a slap on the wrist. this is moscow whereas you said, ainsley, they couldable charged with treason, yet, they are defying their own government and saying to president putin this does not this is not what russia stands for. they are putting themselves on the line. hundreds are being arrested. and i think that this could