Russian police detained thousands of people over the weekend as they tried to shut down protests in at least 66 cities in seven time zones and more demonstrations will arrive next weekend. What will it take for autocrat Vladimir Putin to realize that the arrest of Alexei Navalny was a mistake?
The Kremlin has attempted to assassinate Navalny twice, most recently with a Soviet nerve agent, but the opposition leader keeps coming back. Literally: he returned last week from Berlin, where he had recovered from the deadly poisoning, only to have his plane redirected to an airport 25 miles from his destination, so that the police could stop him. away from the supporters who had gathered. to greet him.
He has been detained for 30 days awaiting a hearing on former charges that could send him to a penal colony for years.
But Navalny has already registered one of his killer aspirants spilling beans on the poisoning attempt, and has also leaked evidence about Putin’s apparent love son. His team also released a new report on Putinite’s corruption on Tuesday that has more than 70 million views on YouTube.
Most importantly, your followers will not give up. An estimated 35,000 showed up to protest in Moscow, with more crowds as far as Vladivostock. Meanwhile, Navalny warned cautiously, “I don’t plan on hanging on the window sill or cutting my veins or throat with a sharp spoon.”
Putin has a tiger in his tail.
