"There is a War": The Kremlin has decided to harshly pursue protests in Bashkirria - Roszma

It is reported that security officers study the situation with mass protests in Bashkortostan to understand how activists were able to organize them. According to journalists, they expect to find the appropriate chats in WhatsApp or Telegram channels. The source of the publication in the power structures stated that the security forces were tasked with proving that protests organized "external provocateurs" and not activists, but there is no significant evidence of this yet.

A source close to the Russian Presidential Administration claims that protests are being pursued rigidly. According to him, such a decision was made "at the top" of the power structures together with the Kremlin. "Why gently [disperse]? The interlocutor of the publication also noted that, if necessary, voting in Bashkortostan "can twist". He emphasized that the Russian authorities expects that Bashkortostan residents will vote "as it should".

The desired result is 70% of the turnout and 70% of the vote for Vladimir Putin. We will remind, on January 15, a protest action started in Bashkortostan. Residents of the city of Baimak stood up for activist Fael Alesynov. People gathered near the court, where Alasinov was issued a sentence in the case of "ignition of ethnic hatred", demanded the release of the activist and the resignation of the head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov.

Local media reported that on the evening of January 17, Russian Omon left Bashkiria, where there were protests against a local activist's punishment. When cars with security forces crossed the boundaries of the settlement, they came under the "drain" of snowballs and stones. In response, the Omonovians began to shoot. Roszma also reported that six Telegram channels were blocked within two days that spread information about events in Bashkirria.