Navalny's ally, Dr. Zakharova plays piano as her apartment is being raided by Russian police. Within the last few hours, dozens of activists, journalists, & protestors were arrested and their residences and offices searched. Meanwhile, Putin is speaking in Davos. #Navalny#Russia
"These are not arrests but kidnapping. They have no legal basis for arrests. They are seizing everything to find the circle of their friends and supporters in order to follow and use them to stop the protests," a source from St.Petersburg is telling me now. #Navalny#Russia
This is the door to Navalny's apartment (from inside) with his wife Julia inside. The police is banging on the door trying to break in.
There is an opinion that the authorities arrest anyone who can have access to Navalny's Twitter and other social media accounts in order to get the password.
Dr. Vasilieva's lawyer recorded a telephone conversation with a police officer/investigator who mixed up the phone number and called him instead of her boss. She appears lost and confused and doesn't know what to do. (in Russian.) facebook.com/attorneyddi
Police break down the door to Georgy Alburov's apartment (Navalny's team member).
Meanwhile, in Moscow, the detention centers are full. The arrested are being driven around the city in paddy wagons. On Jan 23, 3,700 people were detained throughout Russia, 1,500 in Moscow. zona.media/article/2021/0…
Lyubov Sobol is arrested for "breaking COVID sanitary precautions"
This is starting to remind 1937. Below is a list of 20 activists, journalists, Navalny team arrested, searched and 2 offices. Putin is going crazy. He is afraid. Please RT.
In case you missed it, a short summary/background. Navalny was poisoned on Putin's orders. bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
He was in a coma, recovered in Germany, and returned to Russia ignoring a warning to stay abroad. On arrival, he got arrested. nytimes.com/2021/01/17/wor…
Navalny in jail, his team released an expose on Putin's secret Versailles-like palace. By now, it got 94 mn views. It has English subtitles, (closed captions). Watch it. It's fun.
Russian people watched the video and answered Navalny's call for a nationwide protest. Hundreds of thousand stepped out to the streets in 122 cities, 3,700 were arrested. The temperature ranged from -58F/52C. bylinetimes.com/2021/01/27/spe…
Today, Putin addressed Davos International Forum, but didn't mention the protests. While he was speaking, Navalny's team was besieged, arrested, searched, some for "sanitary violations." (see the thread above).
RT (Russia Today), a Kremlin-funded outlet, quotes Putin's speech: "Economies should work for everyone, not just the rich few." I guess, Russian people agree. "Putin is a thief" was the chant of the protests.
Gaslighting 101: "And who got all the profits? The answer is known; it is evident. 1% of all population. (coughs) And what happened in the life of all other people?" How long will the world buy this BS? I will stop now and will check in later to report on the situation in Russia.
If you are wondering how you can help: 1. Share info, Navalny's video, info about arrests. 2. Follow the events. 3. Demand personal sanctions on Putin and his cronies. Cut off the $. Thread on the night of arrests☝#Russia#navalnyprotests#Navalny#Putin#PutinPalace
@bellingcat just came up with a new investigation of the Russian state assassination program and a report on three more victims. Adding to the tread on the night of arrests. #RussiaWillBeFree ☝
Dr. Vasilieva, who played Beethoven during the raid, arrested at 3 am; forcefully taken to the Main Directorate. She tweeted: I am not afraid, I'm not sorry it's happening for the truth and for the future of our kids; fear nothing!
Questions during night interrogations included: “Did you belong to any groups on social media? Did you post there and do you know admins? Do you know the following individuals (a long list of activists and journalists)
Update: all activists are sentenced to home arrest without access to the Internet; mostly for violating sanitary regime. #Putin is afraid and tries hard to suppress the protests on Jan 31, planned in 90 cities 🧵👆🏼‼️#Navalny
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🛑In #Russia, past 24 hrs. Thread: #Putin's terror. Arrests, beatings, tortures, court hearings, & sentences w/o the accused & defenders, raids, intimidation. The court turns down the appeal for #Navalny. Navalny says, "We will not be intimidated." Unprecedented. Please RT. 👇🏽 🛑
Today, the court in the Moscow region recognized the detention of #AlexeyNavalny for 30 days as legal. Earlier, the court sentenced Navalny to 30 days stay in prison.
Journalists were not allowed into the courtroom but could watch the broadcast on the screen in the conference room. Navalny found out his apartment was searched, his brother was arrested for violation of COVID sanitation rules, the sound was turned off.
Raids of #Navalny’s offices now & media watchdog fines social media for next weekend protest calls. What is #Putin afraid of?A detailed report on unprecedented protests for @BylineTimes. I spoke to many people; it is epic. Help to overturn dictator! #Russia#RussianProtests
Russia: mass protests against #Putin's regime. Far East: Khabarovsk (Chant: Putin is a thief!), Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (No more tolerating Putin's crimes! Off with the Tsar!), Magadan (iconic Gulag city), thread ... #Navalny#FreeNavalnyNow#PutinsPalace
2. Vladivostok (Putin is a thief, Putin, resign!), Irkutsk (We are the power here! Go away!) Yakutsk (in -58F), Chita, Ulan-Ude, Novosibirsk and counting through the timezone.
3. Police is dispersing protest in Vladivostok (video)
#LAPD I usually don't comment on local news but this police brutality/lack of action extreme case needs to get out in the world and be addressed as it is unacceptable, absurd and might be a provocation. An almost bipolar pattern. Thread.
1. #LAPD attacked peaceful BLM protestors who gathered by the LA Mayor's residence for 13 days. They used batons on people as seen in the videos above and here.
A new injection of the Kremlin anti-Biden pamphlets on FB this morning. Note: 1, grammar & punctuation mistakes. 2. edits to adjust to the group (microtargeting.) 3. dead give away in mother's group: Russian and excellent knowledge of the USSR history.
From other groups. Note: some are signed, some have copy-paste call for action.
The attack continues in real-time now. If you see more of this please forward my way with the source.
Information warfare continues. Thread. Republican voters are bombarded with readymade meals served by Putin's chef Prigozhin's troll factories and their affiliates. There are 1) "copy and paste" ready sentiments #disinformation#Elections2020
2) Anti-Biden, anti-Democrats, anti-democracy, "Soros", "Satan", anti-antifa, "COVID is a hoax", "pedophilia" themed memes and posts injected into Russian-speaking FB groups and spreading to the common information space.
3) A Facebook group hashtag Stop the Steal that spread election misinformation and incited violence grew to 350,000 members and FB shut it down. Russia Today(RT) hissed. Hashtag, posts and memes are still floating around