
President Putin is aware of a rally in Bolotnaya Square and knows about investigative actions regarding the "swamp prisoners". This was on the air of the Rain television channel by the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. "President in the Kremlin. Of course, he is informed about all the events that take place, including about this. The president is aware of the fact that a year ago there were riots that were carefully provoked. He is aware that the police and investigating authorities conduct investigative actions against those who could have involvement in provocative actions. There are special supervisory authorities, and there is no reason to accuse of anyone to accuse of anyone. subjectivity, ”Peskov said.
The agreed rally on the anniversary of the events on Bolotnaya was in a truncated format due to the fact that during the installation of the scene, 26-year-old workers Maxim Melkov died. The rally was at risk of breaking. According to the Grani.ru correspondents, at least 20 thousand people gathered in Bolotnaya, the score of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - 7 thousand.
On May 2, Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, speaking at the London School of Economics, said that in response to protests, the Putin regime "showed long-awaited rigidity" and "defeated the opposition." "Do you really have the feeling that after the rallies of December 2011, the old system collapsed? No, it won the opposition. This is a fact," Surkov said.
According to Surkov, the system was adapted to the manifestations of "deep discontent" in society. “She finally showed stiffness - long -awaited rigidity! - in relation to extremists. And finally those who considered it possible to beat the police, suffered a well -deserved punishment,” Surkov said. In his opinion, the Putin’s political system "reflects the state of the mentality and soul of the Russian people." At the same time, the Deputy Prime Minister considers the “exit from the paradigm of the military-raw power” the main strategic task.
After the action on Bolotnaya on May 6, 2012, Peskov said that Putin "showed himself to be a dynamically developing and changing figure, a politician of the state" he is changing with this country, and changes for the best with the society and the people of this country. He, of course, is a rude, rude politician of the state. He has solid experience, and it does not change, but its methods are changing. Undoubtedly, we will see the very dynamic development of President Putin since today, ”Peskov also said.
On May 8, 2012, Peskov said that "for the wounded riot police, the co -riot police must be smeared on asphalt." This was announced by the State Duma deputy from "Fair Russia" Ilya Ponomarev. "In the State Duma, I asked Dmitryapeskov, Putin’s spokeswoman, whether he went too much when he said on the" rain "that the police had to act tougher on May 6. Peskov replied:" It was still too mildly said. Behind the wounded riot police, it is necessary to smear the liver of protesters on the asphalt, ”Ponomarev wrote on his blog.
Peskov later stated that Ponomarev acted "not like a man." “With Ilya Ponomarev is a way out of the ordinary. Well, imagine: there are two men in the corridor. He told me:“ You are a fool. ”I answered him. To run after that to fall into Twitter at once - this is simply not like a man,” Peskov said.