In the center of the Russian capital, Moscow, there are a large number of policemen during the protest against Vladimir Putin in Tverskoy Street, and they used harsh methods. According to TVrain.ru live stream, the police released some gas and was hitting with shields trying to disperse the demonstrators. According to the same source, the Russian OMON was trying to push the demonstrators back.
Let us remind that there are protests against Putin throughout Russia: people have gone out to the streets in about 90 cities.
Protesters blocked streets in the center of Moscow, although the police used force. The protests began with a call by Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. On May 7, Putin will again assume the office of the Russian president for the fourth time.
The demonstrators in different cities use the slogans “He is not our tsar”, “Putin is a thief, we are against corruption”.
Some of the demonstrators say, “We want it as in Armenia. Armenians proved that the people can change the power”. In response to the question whether they are not afraid to be detained, one of the demonstrators said: “If we treat like Armenians, they cannot detain all of us”. Russian journalist even noted: “Here people are inspired by Armenians, but the police in Armenia did not behave as violent as OMON did”.
Nelly BABAYAN
