Russia

Even One-Person Protests are Too Much for Vladimir Putin

ONLY THE LONELY

With the pandemic as a pretext, the Kremlin banned mass marches. But “solo pickets” social distanced by 50 feet went on. Then the police cracked down on those, too.

Anna Nemtsova
Anna Nemtsova
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