Do not wind yourself up

Protest shares in Russia are organized for self -promotion and used for provocation and exacerbation of the situation. This was stated by Vladimir Putin during a direct line, the Kremlin press service reports .

"It is one thing to organize protest promotions, and it is another matter to use these actions as a tool for provocation and exacerbation of the situation for self -disclosure, this is not welcome. I believe that this is not done to improve the situation in the country, this is not done to solve any problems that the country faces and people are facing, not in order to solve the problems of people, but to solve their own, personal issues related to self -advertising," noted it, "noted. President.

The president was asked the question of whether he was ready for a dialogue with the opposition. “I am ready to talk with everyone who is really aimed at improving the lives of people, aimed at solving problems facing the country, and not to use the difficulties - and difficulties are always and everywhere enough - for their own political PR. To use difficulties as a tool for their own promotion, in order to cash in in the political sense on these difficulties,” Putin answered.

At the same time, the President compared the opposition to management companies in the field of housing and communal services. "Their (company. - Ed.) It is necessary to deprive this right to be an intermediary in cash flows. Here is the same with the opposition. Some of them in this sense are no better, they speculate on problems. We must not speculate, but offer a solution. Those who offer the solution are people who deserve the closest attention, they have the right to dialogue with the authorities, we will do Putin.

The president also emphasized that "any form of protest, including demonstrations, should remain within the framework of the law" in the same way as "officials and government officials must act within the framework of the law."

To the question of the BBC about whether Putin considers the leader of the progress party Alexei Navalny, who organized these shares, his competitor in the upcoming elections, the president did not respond directly, and did not utter the name of Navalny once again. “I had no doubt that this question you would ask. Because in a sense, this is the propaganda of those people that you support,” Putin said.

On June 12, in Moscow , 866 protesters were detained at the Anti-Corruption Promotion according to the OVD-Info. At the same time, the police reported 150 detentions. In turn, the city hall stated that among the detainees there were 136 minors . More than 30 people were left for the night in the police. In St. Petersburg, 658 people were detained, 235 of them were left in the police department. Almost 200 people were detained during shares in other cities. The police and riot police themselves unreasonably applied violence to demonstrators.

On the eve of the action, the initiator of the protests, the leader of the Party of Progress, Alexei Navalny, announced the abolition of the agreed rally on Sakharov Avenue due to pressure and obstacles from the authorities. He called on his supporters to hold an action on Tverskaya Street. On the morning of Monday, Navalny was detained when leaving the house. On Tuesday night, Judge Simonovsky District Court of the capital Anastasia Loskutova arrested Navalny for 30 days in accordance with Article 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (re -violation of the procedure for public events).

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the courts in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities arrested a number of detainees on stocks for up to 15 days. Many protests were made fines under the Code of Administrative Offenses of violations at rallies.