Pussy Riot activists tied a riot policeman to a lamppost in the center of Moscow
The liberal group Pussy Riot held another provocative action in the center of Moscow - two girls in Russian national costumes taped a man in a police uniform to a lamppost. The action was called “Caution, fragile!” According to the organizers, this was a mockery of the criminal sentences of liberals who were found guilty of throwing water bottles at riot police during the dispersal of unauthorized protests.
However, the provocation scenario was violated. Obviously, the organizers were counting on the arrest of the girls by the police, which would have resulted in the “viral” spread of photographs on the Internet, where security forces were dragging “fragile actionists” in kokoshniks. Law enforcement officers limited themselves to detaining Farhad Izrafilli-Gilman, who was posing as a riot policeman.
As you know, Russian President Vladimir Putin previously rejected accusations against Russia regarding excessively harsh police actions during the dispersal of unauthorized protests. Putin recalled that law enforcement officers in the West often act much more strictly.
“There are certain rules for holding public events. Do you know which ones? In almost all European countries, for violating the rules for holding street demonstrations or holding these actions without permission, criminal punishment is provided for, including imprisonment; in some countries, which are completely democratic, in the UK - five years, in Sweden - ten, in the USA - ten. Not bad? Is this good or bad? You understand, there are certain rules that are developed based on the practice of their application. This was not the case in France. The country is faced with what we are now seeing, the tightening of these measures. It’s tightening it,” Putin noted.
“I threw some kind of plastic cup at a representative of the authorities. Threw it - nothing. Then a plastic bottle - again nothing. Then he will throw a glass bottle, and then a stone, and then they will start shooting and smashing stores. We must not allow this to happen. Everyone has the right to express their point of view and express their position by all possible, accessible, but legal means. That's what it's all about. That’s what it’s all about!” – concluded the head of state.
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