October 4, 2025 at 14:30 on Embassy of Russia (Rua Visconde de Santarém 71, Lisboa) there will be a 🙋 131th Weekly protest
🙋 128th Weekly protest
52 political prisoners released in Belarus. Russian drones in Poland. Millennials' revolution.
You're watching news from the weekly rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is September 13, 2:30 PM.
On September 11, Deutsche Welle, citing the U.S. Embassy in Lithuania, reported the release of 52 political prisoners in Belarus.
www.dw.com/ru/v-belarusi-osvobodili-52-politiceskih-zaklucennyh/a-73962591
Among those released, in addition to Belarusians, are 14 citizens of other countries.
nashaniva.com/ru/376773
Reuters streamed a press conference on its YouTube channel with those political prisoners who were able to participate. At it, Sergei Sparysh said that Nikolai Statkevich refused to leave Belarus and called demanding for honoring the agreements with Trump so that Statkevich would remain free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE6d7vOP2qU
According to Nasha Niva, on the same day human rights activists recognized eight more people as political prisoners, mainly accused of insulting and slandering Lukashenko.
nashaniva.com/ru/376784
www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/cr5q6ey3p8no On September 12, BBC Russian Service reported on how NATO air defenses responded to the Russian drone raid in Poland on the night of September 10. The author quotes Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who said that three or four of the 19 drones were shot down, and cites Bild, which reported that NATO air force spent more than a million dollars.
www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c4gz3y8wqqlo The same day, Bloomberg reported that the United States would call on its G7 allies to impose tariffs of up to 100% on China and India for their purchase of Russian oil to pressure Putin to end the war.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/us-proposes-broad-g-7-sanctions-on-russian-energy-to-end-war
On September 7, Pope Leo XIV canonized Charles Acutis, the patron saint of the internet, who died in 2006 at the age of 15 from leukemia.
ru.euronews.com/2025/09/07/ru-pope-leo-xiv-proclaims-carlo-acutis-the-first-millennial-saint
On September 4, the Nepalese government announced it would block most social media platforms, including Facebook, X, and YouTube.
apnews.com/article/nepal-ban-social-media-platform-3b42bbbd07bc9b97acb4df09d42029d5
Young people took to the streets, police opened fire on protesters. The Associated Press reports that people outside parliament chanted, “Stop corruption, not social media.”
apnews.com/article/nepal-protest-social-media-ban-1ac9efd7d2f28783cc9f2be60edfa1da
Reuters reports at least 51 dead and 1,300 injured.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nepals-former-chief-justice-sushila-karki-chosen-interim-leader-presidents-2025-09-12/
The Hindustan Times reports that anti-corruption activist Sushila Karki has been appointed the new prime minister.
www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sushila-karki-to-take-oath-as-interim-nepal-pm-report-after-gen-z-protest-balen-shah-kulman-ghising-101757684935898.html
And on September 11, Politico reported that in Albania an AI named Diella was appointed a minister to fight corruption.
www.politico.eu/article/albania-apppoints-worlds-first-virtual-minister-edi-rama-diella/
Expect a new poem by Rusya Rassvet on our YouTube channel today.
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