Russian Police Break Up Anti-Lockdown Protest

April 21, 2020 13:39 GMT

https://www.rferl.org/embed/player/0/30568221.html?type=video

Security forces violently dispersed a crowd of some 2,000 people protesting against a lockdown in Vladikavkaz, southern Russia, to stop the spread of COVID-19. Dozens were detained. An opera singer accused of organizing the protest was arrested earlier.

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4 comments

  1. So the Moskali send in thousands of troops locked arm-in-arm to confront the protesters for breaking the social distancing rules. It shows that these restrictions are not about COVID-19 but about control. Then the opera singer gets arrested for “Fake News” by suggesting people protest the lockdown.
    Where’s my vodka?….

    • What would the Kremlin have said, if Ukraine had used the same tactics on their KGB church in Ukraine, who were telling people to break the law?

      • There is a big scandal in Pochaiv after Easter. Pochaiv was illegally commandeered by the Moskali so it is ROC. They agreed with the police to abide by social distancing measures and have the Easter mass outside. 15 minutes into mass the “priest” opened the doors to the church and about 300 ROC members went inside.
        They should have quarantined the whole place but yesterday they closed it but hundreds could be infected. It was also told that 27 priests in Pochaiv were infected and one died even before Easter.

  2. On the one hand, quarantine measures are meant to reduce the infection rate of a pathogen. On the other hand, there are some governments that will misuse this crisis to increase their power. Mafia land might be one of them.

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