Yes, these protests are CERTAINLY NOT STUNTS, 'eh?
"Russians protest plan to raise car import tariffs; Putin says hike will benefit auto industry" by Paul Sonne, Associated Press | December 21, 2008
MOSCOW - .... The protests would test the mettle of the Kremlin, which has sidelined political opponents and established tight controls over civil society and the media during Putin's eight-year presidential tenure, rolling back many post-Soviet freedoms.
And that differs from Bush's dictatorship how?
The growing social discontent will pose a serious challenge to authorities....
Good thing that isbn't the case in AmeriKa, 'eh, agenda-pushing, obfuscating, war-promoting, War Daily?
in what could be an ominous sign for authorities, some police officers openly showed their sympathy to protesters during the rally in Vladivostok. One officer told demonstrators that police support their demands and only moved to disperse the rally for fear of losing their jobs.
Yeah, that's always a bad sign for authorities.
The uproar over tariffs comes following growing civil unrest in other regions about other social issues. Migrant workers recently protested wage arrears in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. In the Siberian town of Barnaul, pensioners protested the withdrawal of discounted fares on public transport....
Oh, so it IS FOREIGN AGENTS raising the ruckus!! NO WONDER my WAR DAILY is COVERING a PROTEST!
And again!
"Police crack down as auto tariff protest spreads across Russia; Outcry suggests wider discontent" by Liya Khabarova, Associated Press | December 22, 2008
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Riot police clubbed, kicked, and detained dozens in the Pacific port of Vladivostok yesterday in a harsh crackdown on a protest that was one of dozens across Russia by people outraged over an increase in car import tariffs.
With unemployment spiking, prices rising, and the ruble sliding, the protests over a seemingly mundane tariff appear to be broadening into a wide expression of public discontent and a genuine challenge to the Kremlin.
Why am I smelling U.S. stink all over this?
"The Russian people have started to open their eyes to what's happening in this country," said Andrei Ivanov, a 30-year-old manager who joined about 200 people at a rally in Moscow. "The current regime is not acting on behalf of the welfare of the people, but against the welfare of the people."
THAT'S IT? (Sigh)
As for the current regime, I gotta friend here in AmeriKa I'd he oughta meet called the Bush dictatorship (soon to be passed on to Obama).
The government announced the tariffs on imported autos this month to bolster flagging domestic car production and try to head off layoffs or labor unrest among the country's more than 1.5 million car industry workers.
Huh. My government doesn't even work in my interest. And this is the free country.
But imported used cars are highly popular among Russians, particularly in the country's Far East region, where private cars imported from nearby Japan vastly outnumber vehicles built in Russia. Protests against the tariffs, which are scheduled to go into effect next month, have been most vehement in Vladivostok, Russia's largest Pacific port.
Hundreds rallied in the city Saturday for the second weekend in a row, and demonstrators had hoped to rally again yesterday. But authorities refused to allow the demonstration, and hundreds of police blocked off the city square where it was planned.
Did they put 'em in a "free-speech zone," too?
I'm sorry, readers, but their selectivity and lack of objectivity when it comes to protests bothers me, but it tells you one thing: which causes the agenda-pulling string-masters are calling because it is reflected in the coverage. If protests are covered fairly and glowingly, the Zionist mouthpieces in the media transmit those sentiments; if it is to be ridiculed and disparaged, they will do that, then.
Soon after, several hundred people gathered on another square. Police ordered them to disperse, saying the gathering was illegal. The group refused and began singing and dancing around a Russian New Year's tree on the square. Police - some sent from Moscow, 5,750 miles to the west - began hauling men and women into vans as people chanted "Fascists!" and "Shame! Shame!"
Police beat several people with truncheons, threw them to the ground, and kicked them, witnesses said. Several parents were detained as their children watched. At least 10 journalists also were detained.Yeah, well, what about the kids and their parents: Where Are Aafia Siddiqui's Children?
As for journalists, you tools sure don't raise much of a stink when it is USreal that is abusing you, whether it be detentions, torture, or even murder!
FLASHBACK:
"String of bombs kills five Iraqi police; US ally killed in car in Baghdad" by Vanessa Gera, Associated Press | September 15, 2008
BAGHDAD - Also yesterday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki formed a committee to investigate the killing of four employees of the Iraqi television network Al-Sharqiya as they filmed an episode on the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began two weeks ago.
The Iraqi government has repeatedly accused Al-Sharqiya of bias, sensationalism and spreading anti-government propaganda. Owned by a former chief of radio and television for Saddam Hussein, the station is seen by many Shi'ites as pro-Sunni.
The employees of the station were abducted and killed Saturday in the northern city of Mosul. They included the head of the station's office in Mosul, two cameramen, and a driver.
Maliki's office said in a statement that he had ordered security forces "to chase down the perpetrators and bring them to justice for punishment."
For the record, I am NEVER for STATE REPRESSION and BRUTALITY; however, I often wonder how governments that DON'T WANT OUR DESTABILIZATION (and worse) PLANS for them should deal with our covert interference.
Of course, I ALWAYS DISTRUST and DOUBT the ZIONIST ACCOUNTING of my MSM agenda-pushing scitte sheet!
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