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Last month's protests in Russia may have been sparked by the arrest of opposition figure Aleksey Navalny, writes Aleksandr Buzgalin, but they were mostly a mass response to the social and economic suffering of the people.
February 5, 2021
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal This text is being written in the heat of events, immediately following the mass protests that occurred in most regions of Russia on 23 and 31 January 2021. The total number of protesters throughout the country on 23 January was put by the authorities at fewer than 10,000, but by the opposition at more than 100,000. The largest of the demonstrations was, as usual, the one in Moscow, where according to the official count 4000 people came onto the streets, while unofficial figures put the number at 40,000. Similar numbers took part in the protests on 31 January, but this time the clashes were much more fierce, and according to various accounts, between 3000 and 4000 people were detained…
Lukashenko, Zyuganov have telephone conversation
Gennady Zyuganov and Aleksandr Lukashenko. An archive photo
MINSK, 3 February (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko talked to Gennady Zyuganov, the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the head of the Communist Party s faction in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
The conversation took place in the run-up to the 6th Belarusian People s Congress. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation has been invited to take part in it.
Aleksandr Lukashenko and Gennady Zyuganov discussed the current state of affairs in the Belarusian-Russian relations and their development prospects. They also shared opinions on the recent events in the Russian Federation.
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