Protesters in Catalonia sang Kalinka

Protesters in Catalonia sang “Kalinka” after the region’s independence movement was accused of ties to Russia. The video was published on the Catalan Quarantine Telegram channel.

The footage shows activists standing at the barracks of the Civil Guard in Barcelona clapping and singing a song in Russian. One of the protesters has a Catalan flag.

In 2019, the Spanish Supreme Court began an investigation into the actions of employees of a unit of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (better known as the GRU) in the internal affairs of Catalonia. On October 28, it became known that a Spanish court had information about the readiness of Russian representatives to send 10 thousand soldiers to help the separatists of Catalonia.

The referendum on the independence of Catalonia took place on October 1, 2017. Then more than 90 percent of those who voted were in favor of leaving the region from Spain. After that, Puigdemont signed the declaration of independence of Catalonia and called on all countries of the world to recognize it as a sovereign state. The central government tried to interfere with the referendum, using, among other things, forceful methods. As a result of the riots, 893 people were injured. Madrid did not recognize the outcome of this will.

Later, the Spanish Supreme Court found the organizers of the autonomy independence referendum guilty of mutiny and sentenced them to long prison terms.

Сообщение Protesters in Catalonia sang Kalinka появились сначала на supercar.ru.