Couldn't Get Any More Interesting Than This

Two stories about the regime and the people.

The photo from the village of Akhova, where elderly women protect century-old oaks from destruction, left no one indifferent. A story went viral in the media about how the villagers tried to fight for their culture and heritage. Alas, they failed, writes Salidarnasts.

Once again, the authorities have shown who's boss. The riot police were called in against the old ladies. The oaks were cut down. The director of the local cultural center, who had collected signatures against the destruction of centuries-old trees, was detained and sentenced to 15 days in jail.

This story shows perfectly well the attitude of the authorities to people. Heavy force against any, even the most harmless, attempt of dissent. Some people want to protect sacred symbols from destruction, others want to destroy the sprouts of resistance. Of any kind. Even of such a lame one.

Today, we are witnessing live, how the authorities have moved from the function of protecting society to the function of protecting themselves from society. And this is their main goal.

Although, for example, in the case with detaining a drunk driver in a merch from Lukashenka, everything looked different, it seemed. The man, caught drunk at the wheel, was stopped by the traffic police and taken to the station. But...

The video with the violator promptly disappeared from the site of Ministry of Internal Affairs. It seems that a powerful talisman in the form of a "golden collection" of quotations from the great leader can make anyone invisible.

However, the video went viral on social networks. And now Bynet wonders what will happen to the driver in the merch from "The First" - will he be made director of the Bolshoi Theater (the man turned out to resemble one of its musicians)?

And here it is time to remember the director of the Akhova House of Culture. The talisman in the form of century-old oaks did not save him from 15 days in jail. Now, it remains to find out what the anti-alcoholic conspiracy from Lukashenka is capable of doing? As the saying goes: "It will be very interesting".