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The scenario of the europe will not survive the cold, bla bla bla did not pan out . Europe is doing just fine. Russia against the ropes at the moment
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Its been a mild winter but thousands of old people in Europe are suffering. The cost of gas has risen so much the government are giving people money, further debt to the nations.
The Ruble is still 75 to the $, pretty good considering the Euro and Pound are so low.
Russia is stronger and richer than ever, only MSM ******* think different.
The Ruble is still 75 to the $, pretty good considering the Euro and Pound are so low.
Russia is stronger and richer than ever, only MSM ******* think different.
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Thousands protest at Georgian 'foreign agent' bill
Protesters have clashed with police in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, after parliament backed a controversial draft law which critics say limits press freedom and suppresses civil society.
Riot police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse the crowds outside the parliament building.
Some protesters were seen falling on the ground and coughing, while others waved EU and Georgian flags.
The government says several policemen were hurt and police gear was damaged.
There has been widespread international condemnation of the bill, which would require non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and independent media who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as foreign agents.
The opposition described it as a Russian-style law that would stigmatise and clamp down on Georgia's vibrant civil society and independent media. Further protests outside parliament have been called for Wednesday.
US state department spokesman Ned Price said the draft legislation would be a tremendous setback and "would strike at some of the very rights that are central to the aspirations of the people of Georgia".
The EU is currently considering Georgia's application for candidate status and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned that the bill was "incompatible with EU values and standards".
Russia passed its own version of a "foreign agents" law in 2012, expanding it over the years to target and suppress Western-funded NGOs and media.
"The law is Russian as we all know... We don't want to be a part of the ex-Soviet Union, we want to be a part of the European Union, we want to be pro-West," one protester told Reuters news agency.
Speaking via video during a visit to New York, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili voiced her support for the protesters: "I am by your side. Today you represent free Georgia. Georgia, which sees its future in Europe, will not allow anyone to take away this future."
But inside the parliament building, 76 lawmakers from the governing Georgian Dream party gave their initial support to the new "transparency of foreign influence" draft law.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64882475
Protesters have clashed with police in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, after parliament backed a controversial draft law which critics say limits press freedom and suppresses civil society.
Riot police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse the crowds outside the parliament building.
Some protesters were seen falling on the ground and coughing, while others waved EU and Georgian flags.
The government says several policemen were hurt and police gear was damaged.
There has been widespread international condemnation of the bill, which would require non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and independent media who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as foreign agents.
The opposition described it as a Russian-style law that would stigmatise and clamp down on Georgia's vibrant civil society and independent media. Further protests outside parliament have been called for Wednesday.
US state department spokesman Ned Price said the draft legislation would be a tremendous setback and "would strike at some of the very rights that are central to the aspirations of the people of Georgia".
The EU is currently considering Georgia's application for candidate status and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned that the bill was "incompatible with EU values and standards".
Russia passed its own version of a "foreign agents" law in 2012, expanding it over the years to target and suppress Western-funded NGOs and media.
"The law is Russian as we all know... We don't want to be a part of the ex-Soviet Union, we want to be a part of the European Union, we want to be pro-West," one protester told Reuters news agency.
Speaking via video during a visit to New York, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili voiced her support for the protesters: "I am by your side. Today you represent free Georgia. Georgia, which sees its future in Europe, will not allow anyone to take away this future."
But inside the parliament building, 76 lawmakers from the governing Georgian Dream party gave their initial support to the new "transparency of foreign influence" draft law.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64882475
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Russian riot police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons in Bashkortostan on Wednesday after a rights activist was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.
Social media footage showed supporters of Fail Alsynov clashing with police - some throwing snowballs - near the court in the town of Baymak.
Alsynov was jailed for inciting ethnic hatred, which he denies.
Large protests in Russia are extremely rare because of the risk of arrest.
Some reports say there are a few thousand people at the demonstration, which has been going on for several days in temperatures of around -20C, and there are reports of several injured.
Protesters are seen shouting their support for Alsynov, and there are reports that some tried to block the courthouse entrance after the sentence was announced.
Tear gas was reportedly fired and protesters were seen throwing snowballs at ranks of police behind riot shields.
The activist is accused of insulting migrants at a demonstration against plans to mine for gold, but supporters said it was delayed revenge for his activism in preventing soda mining in what locals consider a sacred place.
He is said to have called Central Asians and Caucasians, who make up most of Russia's migrant population, "black people", considered a derogatory term in Russian.
But he insists the words he used in the Bashkir language mean "poor people" and were mistranslated into Russian. He intends to appeal against the verdict.
Alsynov has also in the past criticised military mobilisation in the region as "genocide" of the Bashkir people, a Turkic race closely related to the Tatars which inhabits the southern Ural mountains.
There have been long-running claims that a disproportionately high number of ethnic minorities in Russia are being sent to fight in Ukraine.
Alsynov was a leader of Bashkort, a grassroots movement set up to preserve the ethnic identity of the Bashkirs which was banned as extremist in 2020.
Source: BBC
Social media footage showed supporters of Fail Alsynov clashing with police - some throwing snowballs - near the court in the town of Baymak.
Alsynov was jailed for inciting ethnic hatred, which he denies.
Large protests in Russia are extremely rare because of the risk of arrest.
Some reports say there are a few thousand people at the demonstration, which has been going on for several days in temperatures of around -20C, and there are reports of several injured.
Protesters are seen shouting their support for Alsynov, and there are reports that some tried to block the courthouse entrance after the sentence was announced.
Tear gas was reportedly fired and protesters were seen throwing snowballs at ranks of police behind riot shields.
The activist is accused of insulting migrants at a demonstration against plans to mine for gold, but supporters said it was delayed revenge for his activism in preventing soda mining in what locals consider a sacred place.
He is said to have called Central Asians and Caucasians, who make up most of Russia's migrant population, "black people", considered a derogatory term in Russian.
But he insists the words he used in the Bashkir language mean "poor people" and were mistranslated into Russian. He intends to appeal against the verdict.
Alsynov has also in the past criticised military mobilisation in the region as "genocide" of the Bashkir people, a Turkic race closely related to the Tatars which inhabits the southern Ural mountains.
There have been long-running claims that a disproportionately high number of ethnic minorities in Russia are being sent to fight in Ukraine.
Alsynov was a leader of Bashkort, a grassroots movement set up to preserve the ethnic identity of the Bashkirs which was banned as extremist in 2020.
Source: BBC
Bashkortostan: Rare protest in Russian region as activist jailed
Crowds rally in a small town in the Urals as Fail Alsynov is jailed, some throwing snowballs at police.
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