“Walking Together” held an action in St. Petersburg directed against Scientologists

On May 29, about 25-30 activists of the St. Petersburg branch of "Walking Together" held a rally to "disinfect" the building of the House of Culture. Gorky, which hosted a meeting of Scientologists. agency reports with reference to a representative of this youth organization As the Russkaya Liniya , “having noticed the presence of Walking Together, the sectarians became worried and blocked all entrances to the Gorky Palace of Culture, although they had previously announced that the entrance to the event would be free for everyone. Moreover, , before the appearance of young people "unfriendly" to the sectarians, Scientologists literally invited everyone to join their celebration. However, when representatives of the "Walking Together" wanted to get to the event, security (which, as it turned out later, had nothing to do with the DC), refused to let young people through, arguing that the holiday is held exclusively for members of the organization (i.e., the sect), and not for "antagonistic" townspeople.

Not letting the “going” into the building, the sectarians were forced to generally close the entrance to the building for all outsiders and limit their campaigning to a stand hastily put up in the lobby of the Palace of Culture about their activities.

On the whole, Going is satisfied with the action, Russkaya Liniya reports, as they managed to "prevent the sectarians from luring townspeople to their holiday and stop free access to the premises rented by the sectarians."

Sources

• The St. Petersburg branch of "Walking Together" promises to "cure the city from the virus of sects" // Russian line. 2005. May 28.
• Petersburg branch of "Walking Together" held an action against Scientologists // There. May 30.