Thousands of Russians protest governor's arrest, demand 'Putin step down'

[Disir]

Tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets to protest the arrest of a regional governor, demanding both his release and President Vladimir Putin’s resignation, according to reports.

Sergei Furgal, the governor of Khabarovsk, is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, having defeated a candidate of Putin’s own United Russia party. Just days after Putin won a landslide ballot on constitutional reforms, Furgal was arrested on suspicion of multiple murders, according to the Moscow Times.

The alleged murders occurred between 2004-2005 in the Khabarovsk territory, resulting in the deaths of several businessmen while Furgal was himself involved in the timber and scrap metal trade.

Thousands of Russians protest governor's arrest, demand 'Putin step down'

The protests saw upwards of 35,000 people in the streets chanting "provocative slogans."

www.foxnews.com

And so it begins.

 

[Ringel05]

Tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets to protest the arrest of a regional governor, demanding both his release and President Vladimir Putin’s resignation, according to reports.

Sergei Furgal, the governor of Khabarovsk, is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, having defeated a candidate of Putin’s own United Russia party. Just days after Putin won a landslide ballot on constitutional reforms, Furgal was arrested on suspicion of multiple murders, according to the Moscow Times.

The alleged murders occurred between 2004-2005 in the Khabarovsk territory, resulting in the deaths of several businessmen while Furgal was himself involved in the timber and scrap metal trade.

Thousands of Russians protest governor's arrest, demand 'Putin step down'

The protests saw upwards of 35,000 people in the streets chanting "provocative slogans."

www.foxnews.com

And so it begins.

Yup. Putin's cleaning house and sending a message. Now we wait and see what he does to the protesters who are threatening his total, continued power grab. It's what many Russians like, a strong totalitarian leader, they get what they deserve.

 

[007]

Well well... now won't it be interesting to see how a dictator handles his nations leftists.

 

[Moonglow]

Well well... now won't it be interesting to see how a dictator handles his nations leftists.

The new peasant class?

 

[007]

Well well... now won't it be interesting to see how a dictator handles his nations leftists.

The new peasant class?

Peasant Under Glass? Sounds tasty...

 

[Moonglow]

Well well... now won't it be interesting to see how a dictator handles his nations leftists.

The new peasant class?

Peasant Under Glass? Sounds tasty...

If she's been defeathered.

 

[Tom Paine 1949]

Well well... now won't it be interesting to see how a dictator handles his nations leftists.

The arrested Governor is no “leftist.” His party, the “Liberal Democratic Party” recently has won 2nd or third place in national voting, with around 13% of the total. It is neither “Liberal” nor “Democratic” by U.S. standards.

According to Wikipedia, “The party has been described as fiscally statist within an ultranationalist authoritarian ideology. Its ideology is based primarily on Zhirinovsky's ideas of “imperial reconquest" (a "renewed Russian Empire") and on an authoritarian vision of a "Greater Russia.”

Vladimir Zhirinovsky - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Litwin]

Tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets to protest the arrest of a regional governor, demanding both his release and President Vladimir Putin’s resignation, according to reports.

Sergei Furgal, the governor of Khabarovsk, is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, having defeated a candidate of Putin’s own United Russia party. Just days after Putin won a landslide ballot on constitutional reforms, Furgal was arrested on suspicion of multiple murders, according to the Moscow Times.

The alleged murders occurred between 2004-2005 in the Khabarovsk territory, resulting in the deaths of several businessmen while Furgal was himself involved in the timber and scrap metal trade.

Thousands of Russians protest governor's arrest, demand 'Putin step down'

The protests saw upwards of 35,000 people in the streets chanting "provocative slogans."

www.foxnews.com

And so it begins.

already running for days BREAKING : Protests, Khabarovsk CITY wants to leave Muscovite ("russian") empire