Putin: Criticism of Russia protest arrests is 'interference'

[TomCADem]

No wonder Putin is Trump's soulmate.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/putin-criticism-russia-protest-arrests-interference-46464731

In the wake of Russia's largest outbreak of anti-government demonstrations in years, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday indicated authorities won't be cowed by protesters or Western criticism.

Police arrested hundreds of people Sunday in scores of unsanctioned protest rallies against government corruption that took place across the country, a striking wave of defiance by an opposition that in recent years had appeared marginal and feckless.

The unexpected size and scope of the protests raised questions about Kremlin strategy —whether it would try to address the protesters' issues or try to undermine or overtly suppress the opposition.

"Everybody should act in political processes within the framework of the law. All those who go outside this law should bear punishment in accordance with Russian law," Putin said at a forum of Arctic region leaders in Arkhangelsk. They were his first public comments on the protests.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. yeah, they should only speak when Putin says so and how he says so

sounds kind of familiar doesn't it.

Kind of like how Nazi Spice, get on his podium and barks that the press shouldn't question Trump's facts.

[Phoenix61]

2. Interference!!!

He's bitching about interference!?! Talk about unmitigated gaul. Actually, I hope our Intel ops and the rest of the worlds are giving him a dose of his own medicine.

[Solly Mack]

3. "...unsanctioned protest rallies against government corruption..."

Well, if the protests had been sanctioned, they wouldn't be protests. They would have been Trump Rallies.

[ck4829]

4. Interference with what?

Suppression of civil liberties? Putin and pals looting the treasury? Spiking tea with polonium?

[Initech]

5. Vladimir Putin is easily becoming the worst person in the world.

[luvMIdog]

6. Trump would do the same thing if he could