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Thomas van Linge

31 Jan, 19 tweets, 13 min read

It is the second weekend of anti-government protests in #Russia 🇷🇺 and across the country people are rallying.

In the city of #Chelyabinsk ruot police are arresting small groups of protesters.

#Russia 🇷🇺: a protester sucker punches two riot policemen before disappearing into the crowd.

#Russia 🇷🇺: photo from the city of #Krasnoyarsk.

Small group of protesters is literally surrounded on all sides by riot police

#Russia 🇷🇺: riot police seem to be on top of everything this time. Policemen are out in large numbers to prevent protesters from gathering

#Russia 🇷🇺: in #StPetersburg police arrested a journalist who was wearing a very distinguishable press vest.

#Russia 🇷🇺: riot police in #StPetersburg tasered a man in his leg as they tried to arrest him, causing him to lose consciousness

#Russia 🇷🇺: golden toilet brushes. A symbol of a small oligarchy who steals billions while countless Russians are struggling to survive

#Russia 🇷🇺: protesters in #StPetersburg turn on a group of policemen as they try to make an arrest

#Russia 🇷🇺: Yulia Navalnaya participates in the march to support her husband

#Russia 🇷🇺: hundreds of protesters have gathered outside of the prison in #Moscow where #Navalny is detained.

#Russia 🇷🇺: #StPetersburg just moments ago.

The #Kremlin apparently needs an army of riot police to keep a couple hundred protesters at bay

#Russia 🇷🇺: a police van in #Moscow caught fire during the protests

#Russia 🇷🇺: despite police repression a massive crowd of protesters managed to gather and march in #StPetersburg

#Russia 🇷🇺: protesters marching through the streets of #Moscow

#Russia 🇷🇺: a man tried to set himself on fire in the center of #Moscow.

The video itself is to graphic to share

#Russia 🇷🇺: riot police bang their shields trying to intimidate the protesters.

It's not really working.

#Russia 🇷🇺: two protesters were arrested in #Moscow for taking a picture with the #Belarus independence flag

#Russia 🇷🇺: meanwhile in a packed detention center one protester just couldn't resist

#Russia 🇷🇺: protesters in #Krasnodar chant "Lukashenko to the police van"

A sign of solidarity with the people of #Belarus.

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