‘Putin, Have Some Tea’: Russian City Holds Eighth Anti-Kremlin Protest

‘Putin, Have Some Tea’: Russian City Holds Eighth Anti-Kremlin Protest
People take part in an anti-Kremlin rally in support of former regional governor Sergei Furgal arrested on murder charges in Khabarovsk, Russia on Aug. 29, 2020. Evgenii Pereverzev/Reuters
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Thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s handling of a regional political crisis and the suspected poisoning of his most vocal critic.

“Putin, have some tea,” protesters chanted as they marched on the city’s main thoroughfare, in a reference to the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny who fell gravely ill this month after drinking a cup of tea at an airport cafe.