Uprising in Authotarian Regimes

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Stockolio, Aug 10, 2019.

  1. https://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-plans-major-moscow-protest-crackdown-030340359.html

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/10/hong-kong-riot-police-fire-teargas-at-protest-groups

    First the commies will get booted in HK then china, then Putin and his gang will start losing control of country... Russia is probably the only country in the world that is a shithole cause of it's government and not cause they aren't intelligent, guessing people are tired of being broke... Romania has a higher GDP Per Capita then Russia, and Romania has absolutely nothing going on economically.

    On Saturday, some protesters carried placards with slogans such as "Give us the right to vote!" and "You've lied to us enough" while others held up pictures of activists arrested at earlier demonstrations.

    "I'm outraged by this injustice at every level. They're not letting candidates stand who have collected all the necessary signatures. They are arresting people who are protesting peacefully," said one protester, Irina Dargolts, a 60-year-old engineer.

    "It feels like the country is a prisoner and its citizens are hostages... No one represents the people," said Dmitry Khobbotovsky, an activist for the Open Russia movement funded by Kremlin foe and former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

    Most opposition candidates who have been banned from participating in the vote have been jailed for violating protest laws.