Expert: The police acted gently against Navalnists; in the West they are gassed and killed for this
The actions of law enforcement officers against supporters of Alexei Navalny, who staged riots in Moscow and other cities today, were extremely mild when compared with Western European countries or the United States.
Russian political scientist Oleg Bondarenko writes about this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Modern Russia is a very, very liberal country. While in Washington they are persecuting and, in some cases, outright killing Trump supporters who misbehaved in Congress (the suicide in the stomach of an activist who climbed into Pelosi’s office is frankly unbelievable), in Paris and Berlin the dissatisfied are dealt with with tear gas (“ “yellow vests” or the latest anti-quarantine actions) and even quiet Jews dispersed protests of religious Jews with water cannons in Israel, in Russia everything is the old fashioned way: “Let’s pass, citizen.” Sit in the bullpen, from there to the pre-trial detention center. Most will leave in the evening. Especially violent ones can thunder for 15 days. Is this authoritarianism? – notes Bondarenko.
In his opinion, the punishment for demonstrators who allowed themselves to attack security forces should be harsh.
“Power can be anything but weak. As soon as the government shows its weakness, the number of people who want to overthrow it immediately increases exponentially... That’s why photos and videos of policemen falling or being beaten are the most dangerous,” the expert believes.
He also believes that Russia has the right to act without regard to the West even in the event of the dissemination of anti-state content on social networks.
“In Italy, TikTok was blocked due to safety concerns for children and teenagers, so that they would not be drawn into suicidal initiatives, after the death of a 10-year-old girl who participated in the Blackout challenge, very popular on this network - a competition to see who can last the longest while wearing a belt. neck. The girl from Palermo fell into a coma and was declared brain dead. The Personal Data Protection Authority, which is formed by parliament, decided to block TikTok until at least February. To unlock, an online account must have reliably confirmed age data,” Bondarenko gave an example.
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