Permitted rally, prohibited pickets: protests in Moscow on Saturday

This Saturday in Moscow, for the first time in the past month, there is a break in organized opposition rallies for fair elections to the Moscow City Duma. On Sakharov Avenue, an agreed-upon rally of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is taking place, which was attended by less than 4 thousand people, and in the center of Moscow, municipal deputies organize a series of single pickets.

The video broadcast (free) of Saturday events in Moscow is conducted by the Dozhd TV channel, and the online text broadcast is provided by Meduza.

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Rally of the Communist Party. The agreed-upon rally of communists on Sakharov Avenue began at 12:00 and is already coming to an end. According to the "White Counter" at 12:45, 3.9 thousand people came to the action.

• Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov spoke at the rally. On Twitter, he called the event a rally "for fair elections and saving the country."
• Vadim Kumin, a candidate for the Moscow City Duma from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, told Dozhd that it is “inappropriate now” to demand the resignation of Sobyanin and Putin, it is only about elections to the Moscow City Duma.

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• According to the White Counter, at 13:00 people began to leave the rally.

Unmatched shares. any of them Non-systemic oppositionists submitted four applications for various events, but the mayor's office did not agree on . Municipal deputies Elena Filina, Ilya Azar and Andrey Morev, who applied for holding mass pickets in the center of Moscow, will leave at 14:00 a series of single pickets.

• The protesters are planning to come out with placards at three points of the Boulevard Ring: at the monuments to Vladimir Vysotsky, Nadezhda Krupskaya and Vladimir Shukhov. 80 people confirmed their participation in the picket group, and about 350 more said they were "interested" in the event.
• Moscow City Duma candidate Lyubov Sobol wrote on Facebook that “she will not be in Moscow with her child and will not be able to join, unfortunately.”

What are the authorities responsible for? In Gorky Park, as in the days of other protest actions, a concert will be held - this time in honor of the 91st birthday of the park. The mayor's office invited Diana Gurtskaya, Elka, Stas Piekha and Philip Kirkorov to it. Artists will perform in the park from 13.00 to 22.00, admission is free for all park visitors.

• Last week, on August 10, came about 60,000 people to the agreed rally on Sakharov Avenue. Leonid Parfyonov, rapper Face, Ice3peak and Krovostok performed at the rally itself. According to White Counter, it was the largest protest in recent years. The calculations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are more modest - only 20 thousand people.