INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An elderly man in main Moscow staged an unusual demonstration against Russian President Vladimir Putin before jumping from a bridge into the
Moscow River, the independent news outlet SOTAvision reported Tuesday.Video published by the outlet reveals the male, later identified as
activist Grigory Saksanov, holding a poster that reads Putin Hitler on one side and shows a swastika on the other
He is seen basing on the edge of the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, located right throughout from the Kremlin.Saksanov, 68, then delves into
the river and drifts face-up, appearing to imitate a corpse
A second video reveals a rescuer jumping from a boat to reach him.According to the exiled news outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe, Saksanov, also
understood asUncle Grisha, has been jailed several times at demonstrations for many years, including an October 2022 demonstration
atMoscowsAlexander Garden, where he stood holding a poster that readPutin and included a swastika.SOTAvision said paramedics dealt with
Saksanov after he was pulled from the water, however his condition stays unknown
Around 8 law enforcement officers were apparently dispatched to the scene.Law enforcement authorities have not revealed any arrests in
connection with the demonstration
According to the Telegram news channel Baza, which has connections to Russian security services, authorities planto take Saksonov to a
detention center following a medical assessment at the hospital.Public presentations against Putin and Russias war in Ukraine have actually
become increasingly rare amidst sweeping laws that effectively ban criticism of the armed force
Scores of individuals have actually been fined, sent to prison or pushed into exile for their anti-war views since the start of the
full-blown invasion.In November, police detained a masked guy who staged a similar anti-Putin protest from atop a billboard in central
