People in Moscow are leaving the pro-war rally at Luzhniki Stadium already. Before the event has even started. (They got their tickets punched, so they can split now.)
Thirty minutes into the event, and here’s the flood of people leaving. I guess they didn’t want to hear @M_Simonyan, the RT propagandist who made one of the opening speeches. t.me/sotavision/374…
The event was very well attended, thanks apparently to massive numbers of state employees being ordered to go. Official figures: 95k in the stadium (which has a capacity of 81k) and 100k hanging around outside. t.me/rian_ru/154339
There are amusing “overheard at the rally” anecdotes being shared by journalists like @faridaily_ about rally attendees pouncing on each other over perceived anti-Kremlin disloyalties and others admitting to wanting a day off work, etc. t.me/faridaily24/104
@faridaily_ No shock here: Putin attended, too. t.me/rian_ru/154351
WWE style entrance.
“The Crimeans did right. They put up a barrier between themselves and the neo-Nazis. Russia rescued them from their humiliating position inside Ukraine” etc etc
lol, Putin says “we haven’t seen unity like this in a long time,” referring to Russia’s soldiers in Ukraine, claiming that the local civilians have welcomed Moscow’s invading troops. This message is sponsored by @koolaid, folks.
@koolaid I wonder if Putin might declare any new policies in this speech. Absorption of the Donbas? Don’t rule it out.
@koolaid Oh shit the transmission just cut out.
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