Monday, December 22, 2008

Rioting In Russia-- Protesters Clubbed, Kicked & Arrested (Video)



From Gateway Pundit:

Protesters took to the streets in several Russian cities in response to an increase in car tariffs.
Police clubbed, kicked and detained dozens at the unauthorized rally.
The AP reported:

Riot police clubbed, kicked and detained dozens in the Pacific port of Vladivostok on Sunday in a harsh crackdown on a protest that was one of dozens across Russia by people outraged over an increase in car import tariffs.

With unemployment spiking, prices rising and the ruble sliding, the protests over a seemingly mundane tariff appear to be broadening into a wide expression of public discontent — and beginning to present a genuine challenge to the Kremlin.

"The Russian people have started to open their eyes to what's happening in this country," said Andrei Ivanov, a 30-year-old manager who joined about 200 people at a rally in Moscow. "The current regime is not acting on behalf of the welfare of the people, but against the welfare of the people."

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