Cars with white ribbons, balloons circle Moscow in protest at Putin regime

[IDemo]

msnbc.com news services
updated 1 hour 40 minutes ago

MOSCOW — Thousands of cars flying white ribbons or white balloons circled central Moscow on Sunday in a show of protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The cars jammed the inner lanes all along the 16-kilometer (nearly 10-mile) Garden Ring, which has as many as 16 lanes of traffic at its widest points. More protesters stood along the side of the road waving white ribbons and flags as the cars passed, their horns blaring.

White ribbons became an opposition symbol during demonstrations to protest alleged fraud in a Dec. 4 parliamentary election said to have boosted the results for Putin's party.

Tens of thousands turned out for two mass protests last month to demand free and fair elections, and protest organizers are now preparing for a third big demonstration on Saturday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46180316/ns/world_news-europe/#.TyVJEvlZ58s

[pampango]

1. WaPo: Thousands of cars flying white ribbons circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest

Thousands of cars flying white ribbons or white balloons circled central Moscow on Sunday in a show of protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The cars jammed the inner lanes all along the 16-kilometer (nearly 10-mile) Garden Ring, which has as many as 16 lanes of traffic at its widest points. More protesters stood along the side of the road waving white ribbons and flags as the cars passed, their horns blaring.

White ribbons became an opposition symbol during demonstrations to protest alleged fraud in a Dec. 4 parliamentary election said to have boosted the results for Putin’s party.

Tens of thousands turned out for two mass protests last month to demand free and fair elections, and protest organizers are now preparing for a third big demonstration on Saturday.

Sunday’s action was seen as helping to build momentum for the protest movement and it provided another outlet for the creativity that has been a defining feature of the demonstrations.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/hundreds-of-cars-flying-white-ribbons-circle-central-moscow-in-anti-putin-protest/2012/01/29/gIQAhR0iZQ_story.html

[riverwalker]

2. reminds me of the orange ribbons

for Yushchenko election in the Ukraine (after he was "mysteriously" poisoned with dioxin.)

[Fool Count]

6. Same "technology" at work here.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. The glorious leaders of the planet must be getting very nervous now.

[K8-EEE]

4. But....but....but St. Ronuld Maximus FREED THEM!!1!

Meet the new evil empire, same as the old evil empire....

[Fool Count]

5. Yeah, way to pull more people to their side. Make Moscow famous gridlock even worse.