Teenage girls and even their parents joined the different protests in Russia earlier this week, decrying the different corrupt practices of the current Russian government.

How did the police respond? By putting these minors in cuffs and behind bars. Which just really proved the point even further. It also comes shortly after reports on Vladimir Putin saying he doesn’t have a bad day because he’s “not a woman.” Putin seems to make sure no one has a good day unless it’s himself.
Social media took notice and even noted some girls were as young as 14 years old.

Several teenage girls arrested in Petersburg just in the last few minutes pic.twitter.com/VBy0h0RkBK

— max seddon (@maxseddon) June 12, 2017

These girls must be 14 tops pic.twitter.com/Y4vDicgvte

— max seddon (@maxseddon) June 12, 2017

Even teenagers have been arrested! INSANITY!!!Putin critic Alexei Navalny among over 1,000 detained in Russia https://t.co/pMz6peRY8j

— Selin Siviş (@selinsivis) June 12, 2017

The arrests in Russia need to stop. They have a right to protest leadership, even if they are teenagers

— fill in the blank (@erickthetheyo) June 12, 2017

#Russia 2017. Protesting against corruption gets you arrested. #RussiaProtest https://t.co/5a5M1hfpCu

— V. (@Valraavn) June 12, 2017

Photographs of riot police detaining innocent-looking young women is becoming a traditional art form in Russia https://t.co/mrzit8WA2M

— Alec Luhn (@AlecLuhn) June 12, 2017

Unprecedented number of young Russians who've known no president but Putin came to protest him today. This looks like being the iconic shot pic.twitter.com/noRLeNNxDu

— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 26, 2017

Seeing these young girls taken forcibly and arrested reflects exactly what they are protesting about. They want a better future and it looks like they don’t see Putin in that future. Who does, right?

But it looks like the Russian government isn’t even interested in trying to save face. Along with detaining teenagers, Putin’s foremost opponent was also arrested. Alexei Nalvany, who has expressed a desire to run against Putin in the next election, was on his way to the protests when he was arrested.

Alexei then even noted in a tweet later that he will miss a Depeche Mode concert because of the government. “They stole everything in the country, and moreover, I will miss a Depeche Mode show in Moscow because of them,” he tweeted in Russian.

30 суток. Мало того, что они всю страну разворовали, так я ещё из-за них концерт Depeche Mode в Москве пропущу.

— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) June 12, 2017

The protests happened on Russia Day, when they commemorate Russia’s declaration of sovereignty. Signs included “Putin Is a Theif,” “Russia Without Putin,” and “We Love Russia.

[Teen Vogue and NBC News]

Photo courtesy of Teen Vogue

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