Canadian Correspondent Chris Brown
Behind the scenes stories from a Canadian Journalist overseas
Weekend two of Russia-wide protests. Looks like Russian protest leaders are taking some cues from Hong Kong and moving their opposition around cities such as Moscow, trying to keep authorities off guard. Not sure its working though. The riot squads are able to move much faster. And deploy quickly. Having said that, the size of…
Turns out, Navalny got the big crowd he badly needed. The riot police got in some fights but notably it didn’t turn into a Belarus-style fiasco. The security services held back, no doubt hoping this will fizzle in a few weekends. Or maybe something has fundamentally changed here with Navlany’s imprisonment – and his video…