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womanofthehills

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Mon Mar 27, 2017, 12:43 PM Mar 2017

Anyone wonder why the Russian protestors had yellow ducks


Ducks, trainers, and a badass woman all defined Sunday’s protests.
posted on Mar. 27, 2017, at 4:45 a.m.


The protests were organized by Alexei Navalny, one of Russia’s most prominent critics of President Vladimir Putin. Earlier this month, he accused Medvedev of taking bribes and using them to purchase assets.
During the protests, certain trends among the participants began to appear.


The protests were noted for the number of young people who came out for demonstrations across the country.
Many people brought ducks with them — this was a reference to an old video made by Navalny, in which he used a drone to show that Medvedev’s home includes a separate house in the middle of a lake, specifically for ducks.

Others brought along pairs of trainers — this was because Navalny credits noticing the prime minister’s trainers as what sparked his investigation
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/krishrach/these-are-the-iconic-images-from-the-anti-corruption?utm_term=.anN3GGbLL#.bilNJJpVV
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Anyone wonder why the Russian protestors had yellow ducks (Original Post) womanofthehills Mar 2017 OP
The answer is in the article. nt clarkrd Mar 2017 #1
Thats why I posted the article. womanofthehills Mar 2017 #2
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