Russia’s Working Poor
“I hear the call to be a patriot from every radio, TV set, and kitchen appliance. What are you going on about, guys? I have been humiliated my entire life, paid crumbs for a difficult job.”
2018
“Excuse us, now we have to stand up.”
The protesters’ grievances have been reasonably clear: price hikes, unemployment, and poverty—and in a dictatorship this inevitably evolved towards more political slogans against corruption and against the dictator.