Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Source: Navalny.com
“Zelyonka,” a green topical antiseptic used in Russia and other countries in Eastern Europe, is back in the headlines: On March 19, Russian opposition leader and presidential candidate Alexei Navalny was attacked with the antiseptic outside his campaign headquarters in the Siberian city of Barnaul, leaving his face coated in “brilliant green.”
Navalny has used the incident to rally his base to join a nationwide anti-corruption march scheduled for Sunday, and his supporters have begun painting their faces green in solidarity—brilliant green, indeed, is becoming the unofficial color of Russia’s opposition movement.
But Monday wasn’t the …read more
Source: Global Voices
