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Putin performed at a rally in Luzhniki
In Moscow, a rally of supporters of Vladimir Putin was held at the Luzhniki stadium. According to the metropolitan police, 130 thousand people gathered in the large sports arena ( 
Before the start of the procession, mass detentions passed. 70 people were delivered to the police, mainly citizens of Uzbekistan. “He was given the task of gathering their compatriots to participate in a rally in Luzhniki for a remuneration of 600 rubles,” the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs explained. “Thus, the organizers of the provocation planned to show that the migrants specially assembled on it took part in the rally. One of the detainees had a poster“ We drove us out of order ”.
About 10 activists of the Left Front were also detained, who were going to scatter leaflets at the Pro -Putin procession. According to Gazeta.ru, before the procession at the entrance to the Frunzenskaya subway, several people handed out white ribbons and brochures Putin. Corruption. Frunze embankment is cordoned around the entire perimeter since Komsomolsky Prospekt. Only residents of the district according to passports are passed into the cordoned territory.
The rally-concert in Luzhniki began at 13 o’clock, he was led by telecumentor Dmitry Guberniev and the head of the Saratov branch of the Putin People’s Staff Olga Batalin. Putin, speaking at the rally, expressed confidence in victory. “We are the defenders of our Fatherland,” the candidate assured the audience. He stated that his supporters are united by love for Russia and rejection of external intervention. “We are the winning people, this is in our genes, in our genetic code,” Putin said. The rally was played by the musicians Sergey Trofimov, Grigory Leps, Nikolai Rastorguev and other participants in Putin’s campaign campaign.
The organizers of the action were Putin’s election headquarters and the All -Russian Popular Front. The mayor's office agreed with the participation of 100 thousand people. Initially, it was planned to hold a procession on Tverskaya and a rally on Manezhnaya, but the Moscow authorities insisted on changing the route, Putin urged his supporters to compromise and take into account the interests of Muscovites.
Among the participants in the rally were several hundred workers of the Uralvagonzavod and other enterprises of the Sverdlovsk region who arrived in Moscow on an campaign train . The composition followed outside the schedule, 17 wagons were allocated workers, provided three -time hot meals, provided with agitmaterials, and a bus tour of Moscow was arranged. Officially, the trip was organized by the Regional Federation of Trade Unions.
According to Gazeta.ru, the social sphere of Moscow was forced to participate in the procession and rally. On the eve of the procession, the head of the Putin Staff Stanislav Govorukhin predicted that at least 100 thousand people would come to the rally. “We have a problem how to accommodate them in a large arena, and also drive them for this? We already have a problem, because some people will remain on the street,” said Govorukhin.
The previous action in support of Putin took place on February 4 on Poklonnaya Gora. 140 thousand people gathered there - Muscovites and residents of other regions who arrived on order. The rally participants complained about administrative pressure, and video offices of paid participation in the action were published. The applicants were fined for exceeding the number, Putin paid the fine.
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