Poured gasoline and threw a match on the luxury SUV of the deputy head of the Russian army: a 65-year-old protester burned a BMW car of a Russian general, who led “my own special military operation” because of the anger over the Ukraine war
An anti-war protester in Russia set a BMW belonging to a top general on fire, saying she was taking part in her own “special military operation”.
Elena Belova, 65, was arrested by the police in Moscow after she poured gasoline and threw a match on the luxury SUV of Deputy Chief of the General Staff Yevgeny Skatarev. She is expected to receive 15 years in a Russian prison
During her arrest, she was allegedly told by the police to shout fascist slogans referring to a Ukrainian resistance battalion that is considered a terrorist organization in Russia.
It is not clear whether Ms. Belova acted alone or as part of a group. This was reported by the ‘Daily Mail’. Her act was approved by the authorities as a protest against the war, the independent Russian news agency Baza reported.
The general whose car was burned is in charge of the department responsible for military censorship. The dramatic incident occurred as Moscow grapples with the assassination of 29-year-old Daria Dogina, the daughter of Putin’s associate Alexander Dogin. His daughter was killed in an explosion on a highway near the village of Bolshaya just outside the capital about a week ago.
In the video from the beginning of the fire of the vehicle in the market in Moscow, the vehicle is seen located above the department of homemade pickles. Relatives believe that she was under hypnosis. According to her relatives, the woman supports the invasion of Ukraine but would never set fire to a car, especially that of a military commander, according to the report on the BAZA Telegram channel. The woman was released to house arrest until her trial.