OCCUPY MOSCOW Protesters gathered in Bolotnaya Square in Russia’s capital on Saturday. Organizers say between forty and 80,000 Russians demonstrated against recent parliamentary election results which observers, including former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, have dismissed as fraudulent. Protesters chanted “Putin is a Thief” and “Russia Without Putin” in the largest anti-goverment action since the fall of the Soviet Union. (Photo: Yuri Kadobnov / AFP-Getty via the New York Times; caption via the Times)
Is Vladimir “President For Life!” Putin in trouble?
Da.
This is a good sign, maybe.
(via motherjones)
I’m so proud of my Motherland. ^_^
Become one with Moscow, da?
One Picture Captures Solidarity of Purpose…Throngs Protest The Old Guard Clinging to Power.inothernews:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!
All my love to this nation OMG
Kinda odd that everyone is so surprised by this, really. Putin’s been pretty unpopular for ages, and mass vote-rigging...