Rare protest near Kremlin: he displayed the message “Putin Hitler” and jumped from the bridge – Video
Protest near Kremlin Photo: Video capture
A video recording published by the independent television station Sotavision shows the man, whose face was not visible, holding a poster that writes “Putin Hitler” on one side and which displays a swastika on the other. He is present on the edge of the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge, located right next to Kremlin, according to Moscow Times.
The man then jumps into the river and floats face up, seeming to imitate a corpse. A second video record shows a savior jumping from a boat to reach him.
A man in Central Moscow Staged a Rare Protest Against Vladimir Putin Before Jumping from the Bridge into the Moscow River, Sotavision Reports.
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Sotavision said the paramedics had given her medical care after being removed from the water, but her condition remains unknown.
The authorities did not reveal the man's identity and did not announce any arrest in relation to the protest.
Public demonstrations against Putin or against the Ukraine war have become increasingly rare against the background of the “discredit of the army”, adopted after the war is to eliminate critical voices. Since the beginning of the large -scale invasion, dozens of people have been fined, imprisoned or forced to go into exile for their opinions against the war.
In November, the police arrested a masked man who organized a similar anti-Putin protest at the top of an advertising panel in the center of Moscow.
