Crowds in St. Petersburg sing banned anti-Putin anthem, Sweden stockpiles food and Russia mass-produces drones. Europe braces for something breaking
Something inside Europe has shifted. The fear that kept people silent, the complacency that kept governments blind, both are breaking. In St. Petersburg, thousands began singing a song banned for nearly two decades, a song about overthrowing Putin. The Telegraph described it as an “unexpected outburst,” but it was more than that. “Crowds in St …