Krasnoyarsk: The opposition was not allowed to a rally against pension reform

In Krasnoyarsk, more than three hundred people came to a rally against raising the retirement age today. Mostly they were people over forty years old. The protest was organized by the regional branch of the Communist Party. It was agreed by local authorities, but it was allowed to conduct it far from the city center.

Despite the fact that the organizers urged representatives of other political forces, the police did not allow Ruslan Rudenko to the protesters of the Krasnoyarsk coordinator of the Open Russia movement. He brought a flag with the image of Vladimir Putin to the rally and the inscription "Tired." Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the organizers of the event against other symbols, except for red flags. The head of the regional branch of the Communist Party, Pyotr Medvedev, at the request to comment on the situation, informed the Siberia.m. Relax that "everything should be according to the law."

The young member of the Communist Party of the Communist Party, who brought the poster with the inscription “They stole our pensions” and a list of deputies from the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the State Duma of Russia who voted for the adoption of the law on raising the retirement age, was not immediately allowed.

The speakers called on the scene to resign the government of the country, not to vote in the approaching elections for the United Russia party. There was a lot of agitation at the same time, often a call sounded to vote in the upcoming September elections to the Krasnoyarsk City Council for the Communist Party. Also, at the rally, signatures were collected for holding an all -Russian referendum on the initiative of raising retirement age. An hour later, having adopted the resolution, the protesters dispersed. There were no detainees.

Today in the cities of Russia, mass protests against pension reform are also planned.

The bill, adopted on July 19 by the State Duma in the first reading, provides for a gradual increase in the retirement age - up to 65 years for men and up to 63 years for women. In addition, the government announced plans to increase VAT, and as a result of the so -called "tax maneuver" in the fuel sphere, experts fear rising gas prices.