The “March of Millions” has begun on Strastnoy Boulevard in Moscow, reports a Lenta.ru correspondent. Participants of the action walked from Novopushkinsky Square along the Boulevard Ring.

The formation of the columns began around 13:00. Representatives of leftist views gathered on the left (the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is taking part in the “March of Millions” for the first time), and on the right are nationalists, RPR-PARNAS, Solidarity and others. and his wife joined the right column According to Interfax , Alexey Navalny . stood at the head of the right column In addition to him, Boris Nemtsov and Ilya Yashin . The column of the left, according to a Lenta.ru correspondent, was headed by Sergei Udaltsov and Ilya Ponomarev .

In addition, supporters of the punk group Pussy Riot , whose members were sentenced to two years in prison for an action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, are participating in the “March of Millions. ”

According to eyewitnesses, several thousand people came to the rally (most say about two thousand). The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow estimated the number of people gathered at five thousand. Among them, the police noticed “citizens wearing masks.”

The protesters will march along the Boulevard Ring and then hold a rally on Sakharov Avenue. The “March of Millions” has been agreed upon with the Moscow authorities, the action is expected to last until 22:00.

“March of Millions” on September 15 is already the third action with this name; the previous ones took place on May 6 and June 12. The May 6 protest ended in clashes with the police, which the Investigative Committee classified as mass riots. 17 people are suspected of involvement in the riots, most of whom have been arrested. Their release is one of the demands of the “March of Millions” on September 15.

Protests called “March of Millions” are taking place on September 15 in other Russian cities. The largest protest so far was in Tomsk, where, according to police estimates, 100 people gathered (the organizers said there were 200 participants).

Three different “March of Millions” will take place in St. Petersburg on September 15. At 14:00, representatives of “The Other Russia”, “Solidarity”, “Rot-Front” and other organizations walked from the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to Konyushennaya Square. 5 minutes later, a march organized by the “Civil Committee” and Olga Kurnosova set off from there, followed by the march of “Democratic Petersburg” (“ Yabloko ”, Libertarian Party, “Christian Democrats” and others).

The third "March of Millions" began in Moscow