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Alexei Navalny protests breathe new life into anti-Putin feeling
Demonstrations across Russia sign citizens’ concerns run deeper than arrest of opposition leader
World Economy News
30 Jan 2021 • 4 min read
As people outraged at the arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny prepared protests across Russia last Saturday, social studies teacher Nikita Tushkanov suddenly learned that officials had scheduled extra lessons without explanation.
Mr Tushkanov abandoned his plans to drive two hours the nearest major city and instead stood for an hour in -20C weather in Mikun, a town of about 10,000 in Russia’s gas-rich north, holding a sign that said “BE QUIET OR DIE”.
Activist Yelena Kalinina posted pictures of the anti-Putin snowmen online
The placards they re holding read: Tsar go away , and This is our country
She was hauled off to a police station in Archangelsk but remained silent
Kalinina was released but police are searching to find a law she s broken
It comes a day after police searched the properties of Putin foe Alexei Navalny
They were searching his home and offices to find evidence that the organisation of pro-democracy rallies last weekend threatened the spread of Covid
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Russian protester arrested by police for creating anti-Putin rally out of snowmen
Yelena Kalinina organised a mass rally of snowmen against Vladimir Putin, with signs around their necks calling him a Tsar and commenting on the Russian president s alleged billion-dollar palace
The snowmen were holding signs criticising Putin and his pleasure palace (Image: borovikov andre/Twitter)
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