Bashkortostan today, as I predicted I 1917 N2

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Makes sense. Has nothing to do with there being no electricity or water in -20.C

 

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The Biden/Putin alliance is in trouble you say?

 

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Clashes broke out between the police and a large crowd of people in support of Fail Alsynov, who was a leader of an extremist organization.

He was accused of insulting migrant workers in a speech and was found guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. Moscow did the right thing and the far-right rioters needed to be contained.

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Riot police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan on Wednesday after a leading local rights activist was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.

Clashes broke out between the police and a large crowd of people who had gathered in support of the activist, Fail Alsynov. At a trial that was closed to the media, a court found him guilty of inciting ethnic hatred, a charge he denied.

Alsynov was accused of insulting migrant workers in a speech he made in April 2023 at a protest over plans to mine for gold in Bashkortostan, which is located in Russia's southern Ural mountains near the border between Europe and Asia.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/crowd-protests-jailing-activist-russian-region-bashkortostan-2024-01-17/