The Rising Opposition to Vladimir Putin

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I'm starting this tweet to record the growing opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia. Please feel free to add your own comments or internet items covering this topic:

A Russian dissident pulls off a virtuoso trolling of the Putin regime

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.2af3ddcfbf45

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Alexey Navalny - Putin's Only Real Opposition

A recent video (2 minutes 36 seconds) highlighting the struggle to be in opposition against Putin:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqcTDIp-jlM

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Women in Russia have taken to the streets in support of the political activist and single mother Anastasia Shevchenko, whose daughter died in January while she was under house arrest:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-...llenging-putin

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The west must not abandon Crimea and Ukraine to Russian aggression

The illegal annexation of Crimea an act condemned by the international community has jeopardised the international rules-based system.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ian-occupation

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Is Communism better than Putin's regime? As being felt in Irkutsk

Vladimir Putin likes to talk of making Russia great again - restoring its status on the world stage as a country to be reckoned with. But a recent report has shown that more than 1 in 5 Russians now live in poverty and polls suggest that the protest mood is on the rise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5xucmOrNoY