Thailand protest

Vladmir Putin is not getting love from the Russians after several hundreds in Moscow protested today, asking him to leave office. The same protest also happened in other cities in Russia.

Putin has been the leader of Russia for 17 years, and have seemed to enjoy high popularity among his own base in Russia. He is yet to announce if he would be contesting the March 2018 election, but there are high speculations he would run again for the presidency come 2018.

               

Putin opposition is Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once one of Russia richest men, but  was jailed on the account of fraud, and spent a decade in prison, but was only released in 2013.

Though the protest was a peaceful protest, the police were not willing to take chances as more than 30 police buses and coaches were filled with riot police to see to calmness among the protesters, and more than 100 people were arrested.

 

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Around 3am this morning, the army in Thailand declares martial law. The government has since came out and said it knew nothing about the plan before it was carried out. The military has since announced that it's move is not a coup, but a way to provide law and order to the country's turnmoil that is been on for the past 6 months. 

There has been a protest that is ongoing between the government and it's opposition for 6 months, leaving more than 28 people dead and many injured. The opposition is calling for the current administration to resign and a new unelected prime minister to be chosen.

                                        

   Image Credit by: Wikimedia commonsThe army had insisted that it is impacting martial law for security of lives and cited the 1914 constitution that allows it to intervene during crisis. The army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha said the ongoing protest:

could impact the country's security and safety of the lives and properties of the public.

 The announcement on the military run Tv says:

The public do not need to panic but can still live their lives as normal

The government supporters "red shirt" have also been supporting Thaksin, Thailand prime minister which have raised different opinions of possible clashes if nothing is done.

Our correspondent in Thailand claimed that everything is ok and all routine still goes well as planned, but the TV just cuts in some few minutes for new or repeated announcement to calm down the people.

 

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 For Doy News: Anne 

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