Russia - July 26th 2019: 12,000 protesters, 0 wounded, 1080 arrests - all released, no material damage, 2 pepper grenades thrown at the police = dictatorship.
France - 37 weeks of demonstration since November 2018: 12 dead, 4220 injured, 9000 detentions, 2050 convictions, 400 incarcerations = democracy.
The European Union reaches the summit of hypocrisy. The 1400 arrests in Moscow are considered to be ‘an attack on fundamental freedoms’ while the last 3,500 political arrests in France are considered to be democratic. As for our media (propaganda), 20,000 demonstrators in Russia is analysed as a movement of unprecedented magnitude, while 60,000 demonstrators in France are apprehended as a movement that is running out of steam