
About 2 thousand people gathered at the authorized opposition rally on Pioneer Square in St. Petersburg on Sunday afternoon, the official representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region told Interfax .
“By 14:00, about 2 thousand people gathered in the square,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.
He added that until the law enforcement officers recorded any violations. The protesters demand to cancel the results of the parliamentary elections in Russia and to appoint new ones.
People continue to arrive on Pioneer Square. Before entering the square, citizens decorate their clothes with white ribbons, many of them carry white flowers and balls.