The Kremlin explains the recent protests by the request of society for justice. Last year, Vladimir Putin motivated the increase in taxes for the rich. But what is actually related to this request in Russian society? About this in the material for Econs.online says Svetlana Mareeva, head of the Center for Stratification Research by the Institute of Social Policy of the NRU HSE. With the permission of colleagues, we give it completely.

Tens of thousands of people in a row go outside in Yangon, the economic capital of Myanmar, protesting against the seizure of power by the junta, according to FT. They advocate the transition of the authorities back into the hands of civilian and for the liberation of the Nobel laureate of Aun San Su Ji (in the photo), which headed the country until last week. What's happened The rallies took place not only in the capital, but also in provincial cities.

The founder of the Yabloko party Grigory Yavlinsky published on his website a huge article criticized by Alexei Navalny. He recalled the politics of the Russian Marches, accused him of inciting social growth and using children for political purposes. What's happened The article under the heading “Without Putinism and Populism” appeared on the Yavlinsky website on Saturday, January 6.

The photographer Dmitry Markov sold at a charity auction on Facebook the only signed imprint of the photograph from the ATS, where he was delivered after the detention. Money will receive “OVD-info” and “Apology of protest”. Trading a picture with a security forces in a balaclava sitting under a portrait of Vladimir Putin began with 10 thousand rubles. The auction started around noon on February 6 and lasted a little more than a day.

A group of scientists, which, with the support of WHO, is trying to determine the origin of the coronavirus, will publish their findings before February 10, Bloomberg reports , citing one of the members of the group, Peter Daszak. Scientists have uncovered important data about the role the Wuhan market played in the pandemic, Dashak says. This will help prevent this situation from happening again in the future. The investigation began in May.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has created an official account , but it is not certain that this will add popularity to the ministry among young people: in the first four hours, users left almost 2,000 negative comments there. TikTok The Foreign Ministry announced the creation of a TikTok account on its Facebook page: “The Russian Foreign Ministry is now on TikTok! We keep up with the times!” Two videos immediately appeared in the new account.