In Astrakhan, a picket in memory of Nemtsov was not approved, but they proposed holding a rally in Hyde Park

The Ministry of Culture of the Astrakhan region refused to agree on the pickets in memory of Boris Nemtsov, reports . the "Caucasian Knot"

Local residents planned to hold an hour-long mass picket in memory of Boris Nemtsov on February 29 in Trusov Square. The Ministry of Culture did not agree on the event in the park, citing the rejection by the fact that at that time the flash mob "Recharge by reading" would be held. The activists were offered to hold a rally in the Druzhba Hyde Park, Astrakhan, located away from the city center.

“Now we will think what to do. It is possible that we will hold an event in the Druzhba park. Moreover, we asked for a picket, and they themselves recommend us to hold a rally. The action of memory in any case will be, let's think in what form. <...> Last year, I twice submitted an application to the prosecutor's office after February 24, the activists went and testified that there was nothing in Trusov Square that day. But both times the prosecutor's office found no violations. They said that there was supposedly an event, and that's it. It's probably some kind of setting from above. Instructions not to carry out,” Mikhail Doliev, head of the local branch of the Parnassus party, comments on the response of the authorities.

• In 2020, the Novosibirsk mayor's office did not agree on the path proposed by local activists for holding a march in memory of the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov.

• In 2019, the Astrakhan administration refused to allow the activists to approve the action, citing a 15-minute event dedicated to a healthy lifestyle.

• Politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge on February 27, 2015. The killer and his accomplices were sentenced to terms of 11 to 20 years in a strict regime colony. The instigator of the crime has not been found.