Looks like the status quo is having a rough time of it all over the world. “Chatsworth, there’s something wrong with our bloody global world to-day!” In retrospect the pandemic turned out to be a poisoned pawn for political opportunists. What they greedily pounced on as an opportunity to grab power has unleashed furies.
Prior to the protests, the US Embassy in Moscow had issued a “Demonstration Alert”, warning US citizens to avoid the protests and naming the venues in Russian cities where protesters planned to gather.
“Of course, those publications are inappropriate,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Rossiya 1 TV on Sunday, according to Interfax news agency.
“And of course, indirectly, they are absolute interference in our internal affairs. So, this is a direct support of the breach in the Russian Federation’s law.”
