A masked male was arrested after staging an anti-Putin demonstration atop a signboard in central Moscow, Russian media reported Monday, an unusual act of public defiance in acountry gripped by wartime censorship and repression.The man climbed onto a billboard on Prospekt Akademika Sakharova before 4 p.m.
regional time, according to the Ostorozhno Novosti Telegram channel.
Eyewitnesses said he unfurled 2 posters reading Putin, where are you, b ****? Make space for me.Photos shared by Ostorozhno Novosti revealed at least three law enforcement officers standing below the protester.
The billboard is located near an office complex real estate several banks and the Domnikov company center.An eyewitness informed Ostorozhno Novosti the male had actually disappeared when they returned 40 minutes later, though the banner remained undamaged while the Putin poster was missing.Law enforcement officials managed to discover and arrest the protester sometime later, according to the news channel, and they called workers to remove the anti-Putin posters.The protesters name stays unknown.