{"id":2369999,"date":"2024-11-17T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-critics-lead-a-march-in-berlin-calling-for-democracy-in-russia-and-an-end-to-war-in-ukraine-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-17T14:24:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T19:24:34","slug":"putin-critics-lead-a-march-in-berlin-calling-for-democracy-in-russia-and-an-end-to-war-in-ukraine-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-critics-lead-a-march-in-berlin-calling-for-democracy-in-russia-and-an-end-to-war-in-ukraine-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin critics lead a march in Berlin calling for democracy in Russia and an end to war in Ukraine &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-critics-lead-a-march-in-berlin-calling-for-democracy-in-russia-and-an-end-to-war-in-ukraine-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2369999&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On a recent \u200bSunday,\u200d prominent Russian opposition leaders organized a march in Berlin, drawing at least 1,000\u200b participants who protested against President Vladimir Putin and the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s First Foreign Policy Speech\">ongoing war<\/a> in Ukraine. The march, led by Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of\u2064 jailed activist Alexei Navalny, along with Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza, was characterized by \u200bslogans such as &#8220;No Putin. No War,&#8221; and featured signs denouncing Putin as\u200c a war criminal. The demonstrators carried various flags, including Russian and Ukrainian flags, and paraded through symbolic sites including Potsdamer Platz, Brandenburg Gate, and Checkpoint Charlie, before heading towards the \u200cRussian Embassy. The protestors called for the withdrawal of\u200d Russian troops from Ukraine,\u200b the prosecution of Putin,\u2063 and the release of \u200dpolitical prisoners in Russia.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Putin critics lead a march in Berlin calling for democracy in Russia and an end to war in Ukraine<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1880784\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>BERLIN (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin Sunday, criticizing Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vladimir-Putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> and his war in Ukraine and calling for democracy in Russia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Behind a banner that read &ldquo;No Putin. No War,&rdquo; the protesters were led by Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of top Putin critic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexei-navalny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexei Navalny<\/a>, as well as&nbsp;Ilya Yashin&nbsp;and&nbsp;Vladimir Kara-Murza, who were freed from Russian detention in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-putin-prisoner-swap-3c9a8b989eae34fdfe5ffcf62989832e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a high-profile prisoner exchange<\/a>&nbsp;this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3109445\/bidens-trump-proofing-foreign-policy-revolves-around-ukraine-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN&rsquo;S &lsquo;TRUMP-PROOFING&rsquo; FOREIGN POLICY REVOLVES AROUND UKRAINE AND NATO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shouting &ldquo;Russia without Putin&rdquo; and other chants in Russian, the demonstrators held up signs with a wide array of messages on a red background, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republican-candidates-criticize-vice-president-kamala-harris-for-her-role-as-border-czar\/\" title=\"Senate Republican candidates criticize Vice President Kamala Harris for her role as &quot;border czar.\">including &#038;ldquo<\/a>;Putin=War&rdquo; and &ldquo;Putin is a murderer&rdquo; in German.<\/p>\n<p>Some marched with the flags of Russia or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>, as well as a white-blue-white flag used by some Russian opposition groups.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the march began near Potsdamer Platz and went through the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie and was expected to end outside the Russian Embassy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220757\/what-happens-donald-trump-president-elect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT TRUMP IS PRESIDENT-ELECT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The march demands the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the trial of Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, and the release of all political prisoners in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia<\/a>,&rdquo; the protesters said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Yashin, in a statement before the demonstration, said demonstrators were &ldquo;using the freedom we have here in Berlin to show the world: A peaceful, free, and civilized Russia exists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Navalnaya, Yashin and Kara-Murza have all billed Sunday&rsquo;s rally as a show of unity at a time when recent rounds of acrimony have roiled the anti-war camp.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&rsquo;s exiled anti-war opposition has so far largely failed to speak with one voice and present a clear plan of action.<\/p>\n<p>The landmark East-West prisoner swap in August freed key dissidents and promised to reinvigorate a movement unmoored by the death in prison of Navalny, a charismatic anti-corruption campaigner and arch-Kremlin foe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead, tensions have spiked in recent months, as Navalny&rsquo;s allies and other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">prominent dissidents swapped accusations<\/a> that appeared to dash any hopes of a united anti-Kremlin front.<\/p>\n<p>Many opposition-minded Russians have voiced deep frustration with the infighting, and with what some view as efforts by rivaling groups to discredit and wrest influence from one another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1880784\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1880784\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin critics march in Berlin for democracy and peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2370000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/putin-critics.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4436,4365,5521,3890,3733],"class_list":["post-2369999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-berlin","tag-critics","tag-democracy","tag-march","tag-putin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/putin-critics.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370003,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369999\/revisions\/2370003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}