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St. Petersburg sees ‘fair elections’ march (VIDEO)
Published: 25 February, 2012, 19:24
TAGS: Russia, Protest, Politics, Opposition, Police
Thousands of opposition protesters have gathered in the heart of St. Petersburg to march for ‘fair elections’ a week before the Russian presidential ballots are scheduled to take place.
Although the protest had not been sanctioned, no arrests have been made. The city saw a heavy police presence during the rally, but no incidents have been reported.
The demonstrators marched through the city carrying flags, banners and posters and chanting slogans. The crowd gathered at St. Petersburg’s Konyushennaya Square. Anti-corruption blogger Aleksey Navalny has given a speech at the square, calling on the people to take it to the streets in mass protest on March 5, a day after the Russian presidential elections will take place.
According to the authorities around 2,500 people took part in the rally. The protest organizers however are claiming at least 15,000 participants.
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Putin has proved himself on a number of occasions. If Putin wasn't a true patriot and a very capable, straight talking and straight acting statesman the West would've loved him.
After speaking with some Russian Jews I realizd how much dislike they harbour for Putin. They also strongly dislike the Orthodox Church of Russia. Yet, in no uncertain terms they strongly express their support for homosexuals and their oligarchs.
I do not know who the backers of this opposition are but have my suspicions...; could they be the same ones who twice already caused chaos and destruction to the Russian society.
The choice is simple here; either Vladimir Putin or a big mess and humiliation.
@SVUBSIS It's nice and easy to be sure of that outcome for you, since you don't actually live in Russia. Well, I do, and I'm scared to hell buy all those shftheads' marchings and meetings. I mean, those worthless freaks can ruin our country in the blink of an eye if allowed to power.
As for your hope, that Putin will save YOU - forget it, we got enough problems of our own to spare money, and probably lives of our people to save you, and especially you.
In short: you're on your own, and may the God help you (as is written all over your money, you trust in him), though you haven't actually deserved the right to be helped by the god, quite the opposite.
No hard feeling, but you'll have to settle by yourselves. Too tough? Well, too bad, but that's what you get for being you.
Wake up people. You're suggesting everyone in the US is a dupe of the government. Haven't you read the papers (or aren't you allowed to?). Protests all over the US about the "corporate takeover" of the government. It's still a democracy over here (believe it or not) and we won't allow Wall Street or anyone else to manipulate the government to the detriment of the people. We were duped into going into Iraq and WE KNOW IT. It won't happen again. The days of imperialism are over. Anyone who runs on a policy of global dominance and intimidation WON'T GET ELECTED. The people still call the shots in the US. By the way, the average person in the US has absolutely nothing against the average person in any other country in the world, no matter what the government might suggest to the contrary. I live in a mixed community, and one of my best poker (card game if your not familiar with it) playing buddies was born and grew up in Mainland China. Also, our local (Philadelphia) hockey team (The Flyers) has two Russian goalies. We love them both when they win, not so much when they lose, same as everyone else on the team. Also, my youngest son has a buddy at the local highschool who's grandparents emigrated from St. Petersburg. Can't tell him apart from any of the other kids who hang out at our house. Don't let your government start the "us vs. them" paranoia of the cold war again. Anyone who reads this is welcome at my house to visit and stay as long as you want. We all want our kids to grow up in a peaceful safe world. Lets keep working together in that pursuit
An average American dad