Tuesday, June 13, 2017

I watched Moscow police arrest more than 800 protesters while standing next to men dressed as medieval knights

MOSCOW — For years now, history has served as a metaphorical battlefield in Russia, a place where political rivals work to recast the past to justify their struggles to shape Russia's future. For a few hours on Monday, however, history took the form of a literal battlefield when an enormous Moscow festival resembling a Renaissance fair became the site […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/06/13/i-watched-moscow-police-arrest-more-than-800-protesters-while-standing-next-to-men-dressed-as-medieval-knights/

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