🚨Kremlin crackdown Saturday: Police in Moscow Raid Pro-Democracy Forum, arrest over 180 people from across #Russia, including elected officials, activists & journalists. Among them @vkaramurza, victim of 2 assassination attempts per @bellingcat voanews.com/europe/police-…
@vkaramurza @bellingcat #Russia: “I've never seen a whole conference arrested… Kafka would probably envy what’s happening in our country. He couldn’t possibly have had enough imagination,” opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza said of today's raid on a pro-democracy educational forum in Moscow. 
@vkaramurza @bellingcat #Russia|n authorities can't get their pretexts straight. First they said they raided the pro-#democracy Independent Deputies Forum b/c "undesirable" NGO Open Russia sponsored it.
TASS however reported police accused participants of violating COVID restrictions, apparently false.
TASS however reported police accused participants of violating COVID restrictions, apparently false.
@vkaramurza @bellingcat #Russia's opposition is truly inspiring. Detained @brewerov recorded this from a police van. He says they raided the forum to scare people from politics. So he continues the democracy forum IN the van w/ other detainees—w/ determination, optimism & a smile
https://twitter.com/brewerov/status/1370705433091014659?s=20
😨Police grab Moscow municipal deputy @IlyaYashin mid-interview in raid on pro-democracy forum of local level independent Russian politicians. He was cut off while discussing the risks the opposition take for a better future for #Russia. 🎥 via @ARDMoskau
@IlyaYashin @ARDMoskau .@FreedomHouse condemns today's arrest of local elected officials in #Russia, urges US govt to press Russia for the immediate release of all politically persecuted activists and to reinforce the policy of principled engagement rooted in supporting #humanrights and #democracy.
https://twitter.com/freedomhouse/status/1370819935509823489
@IlyaYashin @ARDMoskau @freedomhouse #Russia: Quite the contrast to today's sweeping arrest of Russian politicians & activists at a pro-#democracy conference in Moscow.
This week Russian lawmakers welcomed Germany's AfD #fascist party pols in Moscow. See any masks? Who are the undesirables? dw.com/en/germanys-fa…
This week Russian lawmakers welcomed Germany's AfD #fascist party pols in Moscow. See any masks? Who are the undesirables? dw.com/en/germanys-fa…
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