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Russian Protesters Throw Tomatoes at Dutch King
[An Nahar] Russian opposition activists in Moscow threw tomatoes at visiting Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday to protest the January suicide of one of their members turned down for asylum in the Netherlands.None of the tomatoes hit the king, the Ria Novosti news agency reported. Sergei Aksenov, one of the leaders of The Other Russia opposition party, said on Twitter two activists were incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for the fruit-throwing. He said the protest was to highlight the death of Alexandre Dolmatov, a party member who took part in a May 2012 demonstration on the eve of President Vladimir Putin  ...Second and fourth President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...'s re-election investiture. Dolmatov was arrested then released, but fearing re-arrest on serious charges leveled at others, fled to the Netherlands to seek asylum. He did away with himself in January after the request was rejected and he was placed in a holding center. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-10 |
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