Both rally and concert

Vladimir Putin at a rally in Luzhniki Photo: Grigory Sysoev, Ria.ru

The current president of Russia spoke at a rally in the Luzhniki in front of his supporters. In addition to Vladimir Putin, the audience saw pop stars, politicians and hockey players who won the recent Olympics.

The entrance to the event, as his poster reported , was free. Anyone could come and “express their support” to the candidate.

A similar concert in Luzhniki was held before the past elections, in 2012. Then the slogan was “Putin is our president”, now - “Russia, directed to the future”.

More than 130 thousand people came to the current rally, as told in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. For the sake of such a number of people from 10 to 16 in the area, traffic was blocked , both personal and public.

The holding of the promotion will be paid from the election fund of the candidate, Promoted the press secretary of Putin’s election headquarters Andrei Kondrashov.

People at the event began to arrive in advance, according to RIA Novosti , by 12 o’clock “at Luzhnikov” it was not possible to push through. People went in crowds to the stands to have time to take places closer. ”

BFM notes that the flags of the “Young Guard”, “Battle Brotherhood” and other public organizations fluttered over activists.

After the performances of the pop stars, cultural figures, scientists and social activists turned to the audience.

The rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, in particular, said that "Russia is a country of unlimited possibilities."

“We need a strong, wise president who will lead her to new heights,” he told the audience.

Singer Timati said that with him "a whole generation has grown - daring, ambitious," "which will determine the future of our country."

“Everyone remembers what our country was 15 years ago, and everyone sees how the situation has changed now is a strong power that you can be proud of,” the performer compared for some reason the current Russia with the country in 2002.

Finally, Vladimir Putin himself went under the curtain of the event on the stage.

“I welcome all of you who gathered today in Luzhniki. This is no longer a "puddle", as they said several years ago. These are our famous Luzhniki, which we are proud of, ”said the candidate for the most spacious stadium in the country.

He added that the gathered in the stands "clear, understandable, noble goals."

“We want to make our country bright, directed forward, to the future,” the current head of state said.

After each new thesis, he turned to the crowd. "We are a team, right?" - said Putin. And they shouted to him in response: "Yes!"

"We will do this, right?" - the president asked the audience. "Yes!" - rushed out of the crowd.

In the conclusion of the concert, the politician said that there are Russian hockey players at the stadium. He recalled how they sang the anthem of Russia during the award, while the wordless anthem of the Olympics sounded.

“But for some reason we did not hear music. Let's do it together to the music of our national anthem! ” - he called and sang the anthem with the team.

Due to the arrival of hockey players, SKA matches against Severstal were shifted to Moscow. Initially, according to Medusa , the games were supposed to be held in the Ice Palace of St. Petersburg on Saturday and Sunday on March 3 and 4. Instead, they will pass on Sunday and Monday.

Due to the shift of the matches, St. Petersburg tour of the Christmas trees and Irina Allegrova were also postponed.

According to the OVD Info , at the rally the police detained several people - an activist who came to an action with a poster about Syria and supporters of Alexei Navalny from the city of Pushkino, who came with stickers for their candidate. All of them were soon released without drawing up protocols.

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