Russians Take to the Streets in Mass Anti-Kremlin Protests to Support Navalny

[TomSea]

Russians Take to the Streets in Mass Anti-Kremlin Protests to Support Navalny
Oct 7, 2017 — 19:08
— Update: 21:30

More than 270 people were detained during nationwide protests on Saturday to call for the resignation of President Vladimir Putin and the release of his opponent, opposition activist Alexei Navalny.

Presidential hopeful Navalny was sentenced to 20 days behind bars for organizing unsanctioned rallies ahead of a protest rally in Nizhny Novgorod last week. His campaign organized protests in around 80 cities on Saturday, to coincide with Putin’s 65th birthday.

Continued at: https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russians-take-to-streets-in-mass-anti-kremlin-protests-to-support-navalny-59203

From article:

"Happy birthday, you little thief!" the sign reads. Ksenia Churmanova / For MT

[KingsX]

"Happy birthday, you little thief!"

Putin's [supposed] opposition has been using that "thief" slogan for many years.

It might refer to how Putin took power in Russia at a time when President Yeltsin
kept replacing Prime Ministers one after the other... until he appointed a little known
KGB guy, Putin... who many expected Yeltsin to fire in short order as he had fired so
many other PMs in succession.  But Yeltsin surprised the world by suddenly resigning
on Y2K eve,  putting Putin in total control of Russia.

The slogan is not necessarily an insult. It reminds me of how Cyrus conquered Babylon
[he basically stole the empire like a thief in the middle of the night] and how the Bible
describes the second coming of Christ,  "like a thief." [1 Thessalonians 5:2, Revelation 16:15]

[catfish1957]

From article:

The BLM and Antifa wussies should take note of some protesters with real balls.

[TomSea]

Lots of photos here:

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/10/08/russia-s-nationwide-protests-on-putin-s-65th-birthday-in-photos





IMO, the standard of living suffers greatly with the current regime.

But even if someone else got in, you'd probably have a bit of the lag not unlike what we have in Washington DC... old timers still working, a bit of a shadow government, etc.