🙋 153th Weekly protest
International Women’s Day. Russia’s most indebted region. A work ban for resuscitation specialist.
You're watching news from the weekly rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is March 7th, 2:30 PM.
On March 5, Lukashenko, who stole the presidential elections in Belarus, spoke at a state awards ceremony in honor of Women’s Day in Minsk and said that if women were “offended by even one man” during the holiday, they could message him on TikTok.
www.youtube.com/shorts/6yD7eV6dcZg
A Gazeta.Ru correspondent reported that he tried to message Lukashenko in the app, but received a notice saying he could not send a message to this user. I actually checked myself—there seems to be a button that opens a chat.
www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2026/03/06/28006771.shtml
On March 6, Notícias de Coimbra reported that, according to the European Consumer Payments Report for Portugal for the last year, women are more likely to save money each month, budget better, and cut back more than men. At the same time, women feel less financially secure because they have a smaller financial buffer and are more likely to feel anxious about economic news.
www.noticiasdecoimbra.pt/mulheres-portuguesas-poupam-mais-que-os-homens-mas-nao-se-sentem-seguras-financeiramente/
Happy Women's Day! We wish you decent and fair opportunities at work, that you do not have to rely solely on yourself in your daily life, and wish a care by those who make decisions.
We reported on how Iranians are celebrating the arrival of support in their fight for freedom in Iran. On March 5, the Telegram channel “Ostorozhno Novosti” reported that a group of Iranian citizens were detained in Moscow on March 1. A woman who had called on Instagram for people to gather without posters for a “holiday of joy” was given 10 days in jail, while the others were fined. According to the Telegram channel, there are at least 45 cases.t.me/ostorozhno_novosti/47056 On March 2, the financial portal “Banki.ru” reported that, according to the annual ranking of Russian regions compiled by RIA Novosti, the most indebted region in Russia is Tyva: the average debt per person exceeds 1 million rubles, amounting to 139% of annual salary. The next most indebted regions are Kalmykia, Adygea, Tyumen Oblast, Udmurtia, and Bashkortostan. The average debt per economically active resident in Russia is 473,000 rubles.
www.banki.ru/news/lenta/?id=11022210
On March 7, Deutsche Welle reported that Latvian security services had barred Alexander Polupan, a resuscitation specialist who helped save Navalny after he was poisoned with Novichok, from working at a state hospital. He has revalidated his medical license and learned Latvian to a C1 level. There are no jobs for resuscitation specialists in private clinics. He is desperately awaiting a response from another hospital and has already begun learning German.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TbqXJSG2bE
Russia is not their property.
Unite, build your communities, and support those who resist.
