Hundreds arrested as shocked Russians protest Ukraine attack Police officer detain a woman during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Hundreds of people gathered in the center of Moscow on Thursday, protesting against Russia's attack on Ukraine. Many of the demonstrators were detained. Similar protests took place in other Russian cities, and activists were also arrested. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW (AP) — Shocked Russians turned out by the thousands Thursday to decry their country's invasion of Ukraine as emotional calls for protests grew on social media. Some 1,745 people in 54 Russian cities were detained, at least 957 of them in Moscow.
Hundreds of posts came pouring in condemning Moscow’s most aggressive actions since the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Vladimir Putin called the attack a “special military operation” to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine from “genocide” — a false claim the U.S. had predicted would be a pretext for invasion, and which many Russians roundly rejected.
Tatyana Usmanova, an opposition activist in Moscow, wrote on Facebook that she thought she was dreaming when she awoke at 5:30 a.m. to the news, which she called “a disgrace that will be forever with us now.”
“I want to ask Ukrainians for forgiveness. We didn’t vote for those who unleashed the war,” she said.
Related video: Russian attack on Ukraine draws protests worldwide
As sirens blasted in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, and large explosions were heard there and in other cities, Russians were signing open letters and online petitions demanding the Kremlin halt the assault, which the Ukrainian health minister said had killed at least 57 Ukrainians and wounded dozens more.
“Public opinion is in shock, people are in shock,” political analyst Abbas Gallyamov told The Associated Press.
One petition, started by a prominent human rights advocate, Lev Ponomavyov, garnered over 150,000 signatures within several hours and more than 330,000 by the end of the day. More than 250 journalists put their names on an open letter decrying the aggression. Another one was signed by some 250 scientists, while 194 municipal council members in Moscow and other cities signed a third.
“I’m worried about the people very much, I’m worried to tears,” said Zoya Vorobey, a resident of Korolyov, a town outside Moscow, her voice cracking. “I’ve been watching television since this morning, every minute, to see if anything changes. Unfortunately, nothing.”
We, the Russian people, are against the war Putin has unleashed. We don't support this war, it is being waged not on our behalf,” Litvinovich said.
But the authorities were having none of that.
In Moscow and other cities, they moved swiftly to crack down on critical voices. Litvinovich was detained outside of her residence shortly after posting the protest call. OVD-Info, a rights group that tracks political arrests, reported that 1,745 people in 54 cities had been detained by Thursday evening, at least 957 of them in Moscow.
Russia's Investigative Committee issued a warning Thursday afternoon reminding Russians that unauthorized protests are against the law.
Roskomnadzor, state communications and media watchdog, demanded that Russian media use “information and data they get only from official Russian sources.” Some media reported that employees of certain state-funded companies were instructed not to comment publicly on the events in Ukraine.
Human rights advocates warned of a new wave of repression on dissent.
“There will be new (criminal) cases involving subverters, spies, treason, prosecution for antiwar protests, there will be detentions of journalists and bloggers, those who authored critical posts on social media, bans on investigations of the situation in the army and so on," prominent human rights advocate Pavel Chikov wrote on Facebook.
"It is hard to say how big this new wave will be, given that everything has been suppressed already.”
Despite the pressure from the authorities, more than 1,000 people gathered in the center of Moscow Thursday evening, chanting “No to war!” as passing cars honked their horns.
Hundreds also took to the streets in St. Petersburg and dozens in Yekaterinburg.
“This is the most shameful and terrible day in my life. I even was not able to go to work. My country is an aggressor. I hate Putin. What else should be done to make people open their eyes?" Yekaterina Kuznetsova, 40-year-old engineer who joined the demonstration in St. Petersburg, told the AP.
Russia's official line in the meantime remained intransigent. Speaker of the upper house of parliament, Valentina Matviyenko charged that those who spoke out against the attack were only caring about their “momentary problems.”
State TV painted the attack in line with what Putin said in his televised address announcing it.
Russia 1 TV host Olga Skabeyeva called it an effort “to protect people in Donbas from a Nazi regime" and said it was “without exaggeration, a crucial junction in history.”
—
AP writer Kirill Zarubin contributed to this report from Korolyov, Russia.
The invasion may trigger more problems when bodies come from Ukraine by the thousands
Russians Aren’t Buying What Putin Is Selling February 24, 2022 at 6:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments
“Vladimir Putin has launched an unprovoked ground war in a neighboring country after only the most perfunctory attempt to convince his own people, and with no groundswell of support behind him,” Axios reports.
PUTIN SCREWED UP.
“That’s a dangerous proposition for any leader, even an autocrat as entrenched as Putin. But while some experts believe high casualties or sanctions-induced economic distress could destabilize Putin’s regime, others contend that a quick victory would solidify his historic legacy in many Russians’ eyes.”
MAYBE THERE CAN BE NO "QUICK VICTORY" IF BODY BAGS START COMING HOME.
U.S. Intelligence Comes Through February 24, 2022 at 6:01 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 43 Comments
Washington Post: “Early in the Russia-Ukraine standoff, the Biden administration took a calculated risk: Rather than merely warn about the possibility of a Russian invasion, it foreshadowed and even repeatedly predicted one — and in a rather unprecedented way. It talked openly about the intelligence behind that, declassifying some of it, in hopes that it would rally the West and prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from building a pretext for the invasion.
“That risky strategy has now paid dividends following Russia’s actual invasion, rendering both its denials about the impending invasion and its claims about the root cause significantly undercut.”
YES! WELL DONE!
Biden Prepared to Respond to Russian Cyberattacks February 24, 2022 at 5:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments
President Biden warned that if Russia launches cyberattacks on American companies and critical infrastructure as part of its hybrid war campaign against Ukraine, “we are prepared to respond,” USA Today reports.
ROGER, you can almost smell the disappointment oozing out around here as it is becoming more and more evident that our President and our allies have handled this well and Putin has handled it poorly..
Remember that Vladimir Putin started his career as a host of Pravda.
Tucker Carlson has joined up with him.
Russia-Backed Television Network Airs Tucker Carlson's Pro-Putin Monologue
BY JUSTIN KLAWANS ON 2/24/22 AT 6:24 PM EST
WORLD RUSSIA FOX NEWS TUCKER CARLSON VLADIMIR PUTIN
Fox News host Tucker Carlson's ongoing defense of Russia has now made its way to that country with a state-backed television network airing a snippet of Carlson's monologue about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The monologue, in which Carlson, the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight, questions why Americans should dislike Putin, aired this week on RT, an international television network controlled and funded by the Russian government. The channel is often considered a major source of Russian propaganda.
Carlson's monologue was shown on RT on Wednesday with Russian subtitles. In addition to the cable broadcast, an article on Carlson's speech was also posted on RT's website.
CH WILL CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER FOR HIM.
ROGER, you can almost smell the disappointment oozing out around here as it is becoming more and more evident that our President and our allies have handled this well and Putin has handled it poorly..
Really - sort of looks to me like Putin is now in control of Chernobyl and other strategic locations and have already pushed their way almost to Kyiv.
Meanwhile Biden was attacked by the press today (even the liberal press) for suggesting now that Sanctions were not going to stop Putin after spending all sorts of time and energy telling everyone that Sanctions and diplomacy would work.
Remember, Reverend.
Biden was the guy who would go "toe to toe" with Putin.
Can you tell us what he meant by that, exactly?
Seems like if they ever were actually toe to toe that Biden just sort of stepped aside.
to find out that a new poll out just today shows that by a 2-1 margin that people think Biden has been too soft on Russia. That was before the invasion started.
He somehow is under the impression that everyone thinks Biden is doing spectacularly.
Scott, remember when you said that hiding in his basement, you said that he didn't have a chance in hell.
You are a moron. I had Biden running at least 5 points ahead of Trump the entire campaign. Sorry, but... no other way to put it. You are just a fucking moron or a blatant liar.
We will see how Americans feel about Biden's handling of this as time goes on.
A Massive Bet to Restore Russia’s Place in the World February 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
Wall Street Journal: “In invading his smaller neighbor, Mr. Putin now faces a breakdown in Moscow’s ties with the West, which will slap sanctions on Russia aimed at inflicting deep pain on its economy.
“Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which have already sent fresh military equipment and forces to its eastern members in recent weeks, have found new unity in deterring Russia.
“Mr. Putin, in power since 1999, now runs the risk of a prolonged conflict in Ukraine that could be akin to the Soviet Union’s disastrous 1980s war in Afghanistan—something that could ultimately stir dissent at home.” _____
ONE needs to remember that, unlike Afghanistan, the Russian people and the people of Ukrain have deep ties with one anther. Many have relatives and friends in the other country whom they LOVE and CARE ABOUT.
Karolina Protsenko's mother is Russian and her father from Ukraine. There are many like that.
Tucker Carlson should be taken out to a firing squad early tomorrow morning and shot without benefit of cigarette or blindfold.
Apparently the Reverend would have advocated the police go out with rifles and open fire on those traitorous Vietnam war protesters.
There was a time when you could criticize your leaders without liberals demanding people be punished for it. That day has long gone, along with the minds of liberals in general.
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Apparently the Reverend would have advocated the police go out with rifles and open fire on those traitorous Vietnam war protesters.
NOPE. I WAS ONE OF THEM MYSELF. IT WAS LBJ WHO FOOLISHLY GOT US FUTHER EXTENDED INTO THAT WAR THAN JFK WOULD EVER HAVE ALLOWED.
BUT IT WAS NIXON WHO WAS THE REAL TRAITOR.
I WAS SERVING CHURCHES AT THAT TIME AND AS I WAS LEAVING THE USA FOR GERMANY, WATERGATE WAS BREAKING AND CHURCH PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME, "NOW WE SEE WHAT YOU MEANT."
There was a time when you could criticize your leaders without liberals demanding people be punished for it. That day has long gone, along with the minds of liberals in general.
Remember when Hillary said "Dissent is patriotic?"
Good times.
But now when the left is in power it's like it's always been -
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Hundreds arrested as shocked Russians protest Ukraine attack
Police officer detain a woman during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Hundreds of people gathered in the center of Moscow on Thursday, protesting against Russia's attack on Ukraine. Many of the demonstrators were detained. Similar protests took place in other Russian cities, and activists were also arrested. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW (AP) — Shocked Russians turned out by the thousands Thursday to decry their country's invasion of Ukraine as emotional calls for protests grew on social media. Some 1,745 people in 54 Russian cities were detained, at least 957 of them in Moscow.
Hundreds of posts came pouring in condemning Moscow’s most aggressive actions since the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Vladimir Putin called the attack a “special military operation” to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine from “genocide” — a false claim the U.S. had predicted would be a pretext for invasion, and which many Russians roundly rejected.
Tatyana Usmanova, an opposition activist in Moscow, wrote on Facebook that she thought she was dreaming when she awoke at 5:30 a.m. to the news, which she called “a disgrace that will be forever with us now.”
“I want to ask Ukrainians for forgiveness. We didn’t vote for those who unleashed the war,” she said.
Related video: Russian attack on Ukraine draws protests worldwide
As sirens blasted in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, and large explosions were heard there and in other cities, Russians were signing open letters and online petitions demanding the Kremlin halt the assault, which the Ukrainian health minister said had killed at least 57 Ukrainians and wounded dozens more.
“Public opinion is in shock, people are in shock,” political analyst Abbas Gallyamov told The Associated Press.
One petition, started by a prominent human rights advocate, Lev Ponomavyov, garnered over 150,000 signatures within several hours and more than 330,000 by the end of the day. More than 250 journalists put their names on an open letter decrying the aggression. Another one was signed by some 250 scientists, while 194 municipal council members in Moscow and other cities signed a third.
“I’m worried about the people very much, I’m worried to tears,” said Zoya Vorobey, a resident of Korolyov, a town outside Moscow, her voice cracking. “I’ve been watching television since this morning, every minute, to see if anything changes. Unfortunately, nothing.”
Things are happening everywhere else too
We, the Russian people, are against the war Putin has unleashed. We don't support this war, it is being waged not on our behalf,” Litvinovich said.
But the authorities were having none of that.
In Moscow and other cities, they moved swiftly to crack down on critical voices. Litvinovich was detained outside of her residence shortly after posting the protest call. OVD-Info, a rights group that tracks political arrests, reported that 1,745 people in 54 cities had been detained by Thursday evening, at least 957 of them in Moscow.
Russia's Investigative Committee issued a warning Thursday afternoon reminding Russians that unauthorized protests are against the law.
Roskomnadzor, state communications and media watchdog, demanded that Russian media use “information and data they get only from official Russian sources.” Some media reported that employees of certain state-funded companies were instructed not to comment publicly on the events in Ukraine.
Human rights advocates warned of a new wave of repression on dissent.
“There will be new (criminal) cases involving subverters, spies, treason, prosecution for antiwar protests, there will be detentions of journalists and bloggers, those who authored critical posts on social media, bans on investigations of the situation in the army and so on," prominent human rights advocate Pavel Chikov wrote on Facebook.
"It is hard to say how big this new wave will be, given that everything has been suppressed already.”
Despite the pressure from the authorities, more than 1,000 people gathered in the center of Moscow Thursday evening, chanting “No to war!” as passing cars honked their horns.
Hundreds also took to the streets in St. Petersburg and dozens in Yekaterinburg.
“This is the most shameful and terrible day in my life. I even was not able to go to work. My country is an aggressor. I hate Putin. What else should be done to make people open their eyes?" Yekaterina Kuznetsova, 40-year-old engineer who joined the demonstration in St. Petersburg, told the AP.
Russia's official line in the meantime remained intransigent. Speaker of the upper house of parliament, Valentina Matviyenko charged that those who spoke out against the attack were only caring about their “momentary problems.”
State TV painted the attack in line with what Putin said in his televised address announcing it.
Russia 1 TV host Olga Skabeyeva called it an effort “to protect people in Donbas from a Nazi regime" and said it was “without exaggeration, a crucial junction in history.”
—
AP writer Kirill Zarubin contributed to this report from Korolyov, Russia.
The invasion may trigger more problems when bodies come from Ukraine by the thousands
That last post tells you things far more important than the map Ch put there.
Russians Aren’t Buying What Putin Is Selling
February 24, 2022 at 6:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments
“Vladimir Putin has launched an unprovoked ground war in a neighboring country after only the most perfunctory attempt to convince his own people, and with no groundswell of support behind him,” Axios reports.
PUTIN SCREWED UP.
“That’s a dangerous proposition for any leader, even an autocrat as entrenched as Putin. But while some experts believe high casualties or sanctions-induced economic distress could destabilize Putin’s regime, others contend that a quick victory would solidify his historic legacy in many Russians’ eyes.”
MAYBE THERE CAN BE NO "QUICK VICTORY" IF BODY BAGS START COMING HOME.
U.S. Intelligence Comes Through
February 24, 2022 at 6:01 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 43 Comments
Washington Post:
“Early in the Russia-Ukraine standoff, the Biden administration took a calculated risk: Rather than merely warn about the possibility of a Russian invasion, it foreshadowed and even repeatedly predicted one — and in a rather unprecedented way. It talked openly about the intelligence behind that, declassifying some of it, in hopes that it would rally the West and prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from building a pretext for the invasion.
“That risky strategy has now paid dividends following Russia’s actual invasion, rendering both its denials about the impending invasion and its claims about the root cause significantly undercut.”
YES! WELL DONE!
Biden Prepared to Respond to Russian Cyberattacks
February 24, 2022 at 5:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments
President Biden warned that if Russia launches cyberattacks on American companies and critical infrastructure as part of its hybrid war campaign against Ukraine, “we are prepared to respond,” USA Today reports.
ROGER, you can almost smell
the disappointment oozing out
around here as it is becoming
more and more evident that our
President and our allies have
handled this well
and Putin has handled it poorly..
Remember that Vladimir Putin started his career as a host of Pravda.
Tucker Carlson has joined up with him.
Russia-Backed Television Network Airs Tucker Carlson's Pro-Putin Monologue
BY JUSTIN KLAWANS ON 2/24/22 AT 6:24 PM EST
WORLD RUSSIA FOX NEWS TUCKER CARLSON VLADIMIR PUTIN
Fox News host Tucker Carlson's ongoing defense of Russia has now made its way to that country with a state-backed television network airing a snippet of Carlson's monologue about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The monologue, in which Carlson, the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight, questions why Americans should dislike Putin, aired this week on RT, an international television network controlled and funded by the Russian government. The channel is often considered a major source of Russian propaganda.
Carlson's monologue was shown on RT on Wednesday with Russian subtitles. In addition to the cable broadcast, an article on Carlson's speech was also posted on RT's website.
CH WILL CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER CHEER FOR HIM.
ROGER, you can almost smell
the disappointment oozing out
around here as it is becoming
more and more evident that our
President and our allies have
handled this well
and Putin has handled it poorly..
Really - sort of looks to me like Putin is now in control of Chernobyl and other strategic locations and have already pushed their way almost to Kyiv.
Meanwhile Biden was attacked by the press today (even the liberal press) for suggesting now that Sanctions were not going to stop Putin after spending all sorts of time and energy telling everyone that Sanctions and diplomacy would work.
Remember, Reverend.
Biden was the guy who would go "toe to toe" with Putin.
Can you tell us what he meant by that, exactly?
Seems like if they ever were actually toe to toe that Biden just sort of stepped aside.
Tucker Carlson should be taken out to a firing squad early tomorrow morning and shot without benefit of cigarette or blindfold.
As a betrayer of our country, our democracy, our Constitution, and to humanity all over the world.
I have not expressed myself strongly enough.
Russian people not happy with what Putin is doing? Why not?
Because they know he is lying and is not being truthful about what he really wants to accomplish.
Russia has invaded a peaceful country without provocation and without justification. Just as Biden said.
Looks like the Russian people can see that too.
Scott, remember when you said that hiding in his basement, you said that he didn't have a chance in hell.
People like you have underestimated Biden.
The Reverend will be
SHOCKED
to find out that a new poll out just today shows that by a 2-1 margin that people think Biden has been too soft on Russia. That was before the invasion started.
He somehow is under the impression that everyone thinks Biden is doing spectacularly.
Scott, remember when you said that hiding in his basement, you said that he didn't have a chance in hell.
You are a moron. I had Biden running at least 5 points ahead of Trump the entire campaign. Sorry, but... no other way to put it. You are just a fucking moron or a blatant liar.
We will see how Americans feel about Biden's handling of this as time goes on.
A Massive Bet to Restore Russia’s Place in the World
February 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
Wall Street Journal: “In invading his smaller neighbor, Mr. Putin now faces a breakdown in Moscow’s ties with the West, which will slap sanctions on Russia aimed at inflicting deep pain on its economy.
“Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which have already sent fresh military equipment and forces to its eastern members in recent weeks, have found new unity in deterring Russia.
“Mr. Putin, in power since 1999, now runs the risk of a prolonged conflict in Ukraine that could be akin to the Soviet Union’s disastrous 1980s war in Afghanistan—something that could ultimately stir dissent at home.”
_____
ONE needs to remember that, unlike Afghanistan, the Russian people and the people of Ukrain have deep ties with one anther. Many have relatives and friends in the other country whom they LOVE and CARE ABOUT.
Karolina Protsenko's mother is Russian and her father from Ukraine. There are many like that.
Putin has screwed up.
Putin has screwed up.
Sure....
Now explain how it is that we are going to prevent Putin from just selling all of Ukraine's oil to China?
Tucker Carlson should be taken out to a firing squad early tomorrow morning and shot without benefit of cigarette or blindfold.
Apparently the Reverend would have advocated the police go out with rifles and open fire on those traitorous Vietnam war protesters.
There was a time when you could criticize your leaders without liberals demanding people be punished for it. That day has long gone, along with the minds of liberals in general.
Can wait to see his answer.
"Now explain how it is that we are going to prevent Putin from just selling all of Ukraine's oil to China?"
The US Truckers have a target on their backs.
Democrats have lost the hard working blue collar worker.
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Japan to Join U.S. in Imposing Sanctions Against Russian Banks
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida didn't say which Russian banks would be subject to the Japanese sanctions.RODRIGO REYES MARIN/PRESS POOL
TOKYO—Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that Japan would join the U.S. in sanctioning Russian financial institutions and restricting exports of semiconductors and other sensitive items.
In the modern era semiconductors and other sensitive items are very important
Japan to Join U.S. in Imposing Sanctions Against Russian Banks
So we attempt to sanction private industry causing suffering to the people of not only Russia but everyone in a country imposing sanctions.
Meanwhile, Putin gets rich selling Ukrainian oil to China.
Way to go Joe! You got Putin "right where you want him".
You are just a fucking moron or a blatant liar.
As I like to say, EMBRACE THE POWER OF AND
In the modern era semiconductors and other sensitive items are very important
So are those Taiwanese chips China is licking their chops over and Dementia Joe is asleep
Time is ripe for China to move.
Biden is feckless.
Apparently the Reverend would have advocated the police go out with rifles and open fire on those traitorous Vietnam war protesters.
NOPE. I WAS ONE OF THEM MYSELF.
IT WAS LBJ WHO FOOLISHLY GOT US FUTHER EXTENDED INTO THAT WAR THAN JFK WOULD EVER HAVE ALLOWED.
BUT IT WAS NIXON WHO WAS THE REAL TRAITOR.
I WAS SERVING CHURCHES AT THAT TIME AND AS I WAS LEAVING THE USA FOR GERMANY, WATERGATE WAS BREAKING AND CHURCH PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME, "NOW WE SEE WHAT YOU MEANT."
Fuck off pederast
There was a time when you could criticize your leaders without liberals demanding people be punished for it. That day has long gone, along with the minds of liberals in general.
Remember when Hillary said "Dissent is patriotic?"
Good times.
But now when the left is in power it's like it's always been -
"Face wall."
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