End of January was not my best time for a lot of reasons and to crown it all I am freaked out with what is happening in my country rn.
I will quote some articles to give the full view of recent events.
That’s what NY Times says in their Instagram about the events of January 23rd.
I went to protest demonstration in my city on 23rd. Our police was peaceful (some people were arrested in late evening tho) and it was a unique wonderful experience to share with all the beautiful inspired people of our country who want changes! This is how it went in our city...
But in many other cities it went scary as shit. Thousands were arrested. Defenceless people were beaten by the police. The scenes are shocking.
Another demonstration took place on Jan 31st. I happened to be in Moscow as I needed to see my doc. I wanted to support protesters but when I arrived I got scared. There was so many police it was terrifying. It was fucking peaceful demonstration but it looked as if they were preparing for civil war. And I left. My phone battery was dead and my tram was in several hours. I just was scared that they arrest me and what would I do? They were arresting even random passers by. On Jan 31st even more people were arrested in Russia then on Jan 23rd. And awful cruel videos with police again.
Today there was what they call “court”... I was following the events the whole day and I cried. This all is so unfair. From BBC:
But the scariest shit was at the protest this night. Our police are monsters. They were beating LIKE CRAZY people who were scanning “We are unarmed” hands up in the air. Beating journalists who were doing their job. This is like some scary movie. I am so ashamed this is our government and police.
Now idk what gonna happen next. I wholeheartedly want to support Alexey Navalny and the freedom of our country. I hate Putin and his crew. But it is so scary to protest too. I am scared to be beaten. I am scared to be arrested. My job is not legal in Russia. I may have bigger troubles with police if I go to the streets - and I have been in Russian jail already and it sucks. But I can not stay apart either.
I just don’t know what to do now.
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