Anti-Kremlin protest draws thousands in Moscow

[Bosonic]

Source: AP

MOSCOW (AP) — More than 10,000 people have turned out in Moscow for an anti-Kremlin rally to denounce Russian state television's news coverage, particularly of the crisis in neighboring Ukraine.

In promoting the Kremlin line, state television has portrayed the new pro-Western government in Ukraine as a "fascist junta" under the control of the U.S. government and determined to oppress Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine. The broadcasts have taken on a harsh anti-American tone.

Some of the participants in Sunday's demonstration, called a "March of Truth," carried blue and yellow Ukrainian flags. One woman, wearing a traditional Ukrainian wreath of flowers on her head, held up a sign with President Vladimir Putin's picture and the words: "Stop lying."

The U.S. and Ukrainian governments have accused Russia of orchestrating the unrest in eastern Ukraine.

Read more: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/apr/13/anti-kremlin-protest-draws-thousands-in-moscow/

[DRoseDARs]

1. There's that ole' CIA-neo-facist-CP magic again...

/sarcasm

[Cheerful Charlie]

2. These are ethnic Ukrainians living in Russia

who sympathize with the fascist junta and their coup in Ukraine.

[levp]

3. Those protesting in NYC, DC, etc.

in 2003 were really all just ethnic Iraqis who sympathized with S. Hussein...
I learn something new about myself every day!

[Cheerful Charlie]

4. That's a stretch.

Unlike your Saddam Hussein scenario, there is actual evidence for the Ukrainian presence in the demos. For example, here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/13/russia-protest_n_5143462.html

[aceofblades]

5. And there are ethnic russians living in Ukraine.

Bottom line is, I wish there were more protests in this country about the media coverage that helped amplify the drumbeat for war in iraq. I don't doubt there are some in Russia that hope to head off any similar drumbeats over eastern ukraine

[penultimate]

8. Oh, you were being serious?

That article doesn't have any details to suggest that most of the protesters were Ukrainian. I mean, other than the fact they were flying Ukrainian flags, but that seems like the normal thing in anti-war protests.





http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Stop_The_War_protests_in_London,_2007-02-24.jpg

[uhnope]

6. extremely brave protesters defying a dictatorship that punishes dissent with prison or worse

Really admirable of the Russian people to be standing up to Putin

[JoeyT]

7. We keep hearing about how terrible Russia is for cracking down on protesters

in thread after thread about protesters that miraculously remain uncracked down on.

It's possible Putin is leaving them alone for fear of backlash, maybe even probable, but that's pretty much the only reason any governments leave protesters alone.