Incident during ZDF shooting: Putin critic describes "return of repression" - passer-by calls the police

The opposition in Russia is marginal.

A contribution in ZDF's "heute journal" shows how loyal the Russian population is to Putin.

Volgograd - An opposition in Russia?

It still exists, but it has become sparse.

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spoke to one of

the few opposition figures in Russia as part of reporting on the celebration of the commemoration day 80 years after the Red Army's victory over the Wehrmacht in the Battle of Stalingrad.

The interview ended in a police operation.

The report, which the station broadcast on Thursday evening (February 2), began with the pathetic celebration in Volgograd (formerly: Stalingrad).

In the spotlight: Vladimir Putin.

You can see how the head of government of Russia, who hardly appears in public anymore, pregnant with meaning, lays a bouquet of flowers at the memorial.

In his speech he then addresses the German tank deliveries for the first time and says: "Unbelievable but true - we are again threatened by German tanks."

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On the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, Vladimir Putin appeared in public again.

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Interview with Putin critic interrupted - passer-by informed the police

From minute 6:45 the program revolves around the Putin critic Alexander Efimov from the opposition party Yabloko.

In an interview with the team of the

he criticizes the Russian president for misusing the commemoration days for his propaganda.

The opposition member also considers it questionable that actions such as the unveiling of a new Stalin bust could revive nostalgia for Stalinism.

The return of Soviet romanticism therefore also has direct consequences for Efimov and other opposition figures in Russia.

“We are seeing a resurgence of political repression and persecution in the country.

The monument symbolizes the return to a totalitarian system," Yefimov told the

Interview with Putin critic interrupted - passer-by informed the police

This is followed by a scene that could easily come from the days of Stalinism.

A passer-by overhears the conversation between the German camera team and the opposition politician.

She calls the police.

Their justification: hatred of the Russian state is spread in the conversation.

A police patrol checks the situation and the personal details of the people.

But then you can go.

Nevertheless, this incident shows how profoundly the propaganda can reach the people.

Russia's foreign minister also recently raged on Russian state television.

Sergey Lavrov suspects a NATO plot in Moldova.

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