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Ah, Putin... Just when we think you can't sink any lower ...

You surprise us yet again!

They carried flowers, and handmade signs reading "нет войне" — No to War. They tried to leave their message outside Ukraine's embassy in Moscow — and for that, they were arrested.

That's the story emerging in Russia about five children, ages 7 to 11, who went with their mothers to visit the embassy on Tuesday. Their excursion could have served as a reminder of shared humanity, even during a conflict. But police in Moscow didn't see it that way. They detained the kids and parents, putting them in a holding cell."
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/02/1083911717/russian-police-jail-kids-who-took-flowers-and-no-to-war-signs-to-ukraines-embass#:~:text=They%20carried%20flowers,a
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samwithoutapath · 31-35, M
Russia hit the propaganda train early, first, and hard. The way they say it, Russia is a paradise where nothing bad happens. Hell, they've altered media to claim that Ukrainians were gunning down their own. Absolutely fucking bizarre how many bought the lies (those damn nazis running the holocaust memorial...)
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@samwithoutapath brainwashed and no other source of information ... I've met mainland Chinese people who don't believe tienamen square happened either ... Total control of the media allows that
samwithoutapath · 31-35, M
@ozgirl512 Helps when you jail anyone that questions it. Even by the thousands. After all, no protesters means everyone is happy!