16 March 2012

RUSSIA : 18 March UPDATE: 95 Arrested In New NTV Protest; Social Media Erupt After State TV Claims Anti-Putinistas Were Paid To Protest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17422267

     About 95 people...including former Deputy PM Boris Nemtsov...were arrested protesting outside of the highly visible tower of state TV broadcaster NTV...during an unsanctioned rally.
    NTV...a state TV channel...aired a 'documentary' called 'Anatomy of Protest'...claiming to show Putin opponents being paid to link up around Moscow in a recent protest.
     It also charged again that the USA was the force behind the demonstrations.
     Critical comments about the film...exploded on Russia's social media....and the NTV site crashed.
ORIGINAL LINK:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/9148089/Russian-state-TV-claims-demonstrators-were-paid.html