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Limonov: They follow me
Behind the house of the leader of the "other Russia" Eduard Limonov, external observation has been established. "The outdoor surveillance car inside took a position in the courtyard under my windows a little earlier than 11 in the morning. Since then, it is worth it, then turning off the engine, then turning on, when they freeze," the politician wrote in his blog . “By night, the car will most likely be changed or added the second, or even the third. All this is called: the struggle for freedom of assembly in the Russian Federation,” writes Limonov.
In his opinion, the observation was organized in connection with the rally, which should take place on January 31 on the Triumphal Square in Moscow. “It surprises me that the surveillance began 30 hours before the rally. Apparently, they are afraid to lose sight of me if, for example, I will decide to spend the night somewhere else and the opera will not be able to prevent me from getting to the rally,” Limonov told the Kasparov.ru portal.
According to Limonov, he will not hide from the persecution. “We play with the authorities. They have all the powers, and we have nothing. It remains only to wait for the detention,” the politician said.
On December 31, 2010, Limonov was detained when leaving the house. Then the police detained the activist of “other Russia” by Kirill Manulin. The Gagarinsky court found Limonov guilty of petty hooliganism and sentenced to 15 days of arrest. Manulin was sentenced to 8 days.
In mid-January, the organizing committee of the Strategy-31 asked VIPs for politics and human rights to abandon the submitting applications for the shares on the 31st. According to the organizing committee’s statement, the submission of two applications at the same time gives the Moscow City Hall "the opportunity to damage the civil movement for freedom of assembly, responding with an illegal prohibition of one of the groups of the notification."
On January 19, the mayor's office agreed to hold the action in defense of the freedom of meetings on the Triumphal Square on January 31, the organizer of which was a group of human rights activists led by the head of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseeva. As the Strategy-31 Organizing Committee was told by the Frances.ru, an application submitted by the leader of another Russia, Eduard Lemonov, former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky and coordinator of the Left Front Konstantin Kosyakin, was rejected. At the same time, on January 31, a blood collection campaign organized by the pro -Kremlin movement "Young" will take place on the triumphal square.
On December 31, about 70 people were detained on the triumphal square, including the organizers of the coordinated rally and its participants Boris Nemtsov and Ilya Yashin ( 