Ottawa protestsMOSCOW, 4 Feb. The Canadian broadcasting corporation CBC was disgraced for the second time in a week because of a journalist's statement about the alleged «Russian trace» in the protests of truckers. Thus, TV presenter Neil Koksal put forward a theory according to which the protests in Canada could have been «provoked by the Russians.» She did not provide any evidence for this. Later, due to the scandal, CBC attributed a clarification to the excerpt from the broadcast, which also caused outrage among viewers. Russia «In this matter, it was necessary to refer to the data and concerns of experts,» the updated CBC publication says. Netizens and a number of local portals, including RWN, indicated that the organizers of the actions are well known and «not a single expert said that Russia has provoked protests.» Protests against coronavirus restrictions, initiated by Canadian truckers, began in Ottawa on January 29. The protesters demanded that the authorities lift all restrictions related to the pandemic and vaccination of the population. The protests were peaceful, but the police launched several criminal investigations against the protesters. In particular, one of the cases concerns the desecration of a war memorial.
