Political protests in Moscow and Siberia are not being deterred by the use of heavy police force . Demonstrations in the capital on Saturday 3 August were met with a large police presence , with 800 protesters arrested at the same location . Russia has invested a lot of resources into the modernization of its nuclear arsenal, and Putin needs to find a way to harvest political dividends from these ventures, particularly since the stagnant economy makes it difficult to sustain this wasteful funding. Demonstrators carried on regardless , though , as they did with earlier protests on 27 July . The excessive force deployed by the authorities has been condemned by the UK , German and French governments , as well as the US . Meanwhile , public anger continues to swell in Kazakhstan where 80 % of the raging wildfires have continued unchecked due to a lack of funding .
Political protests in Moscow and Siberia are not being deterred by the use of heavy police force . Demonstrations in the capital on Saturday 3 August were met with a large police presence , with 800 protesters arrested at the same location . Demonstrators carried on regardless , though , as they did with earlier protests on 27 July . The excessive force deployed by the authorities has been condemned by the UK , German and French governments , as well as the US . Meanwhile , public anger continues to swell in Kazakhstan where 80 % of the raging wildfires have continued unchecked due to a lack of funding .