
In St. Petersburg, the police detained the activist of the Agit Russia movement Pavel Ivankina, who stood in the city center with a single picket against changing the constitution. This was reported by the correspondent of the Sever. Real.
Ivankin stood with the poster "I dismiss Putin." Police officers said they were delaying the activist due to the complaint received.
Wed to Yandex.Zen CR on Instagram SR in TelegramIn St. Petersburg, Pskov, Kaliningrad, Vologda, Karelia near regional parliaments, pickets passed during the day. Activists demanded that local deputies refuse to accept amendments to the Constitution. In St. Petersburg during the action, the police detained 7 people. Several activists were taken to the police department from the entrance of a residential building.
The parliaments of St. Petersburg, Pskov, Kaliningrad, Syktyvkar, Veliky Novgorod, Petrozavodsk, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk adopted amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The deputies from the opposition criticized the decision of their colleagues, who mostly agreed to change the Constitution of Russia.
The deputy from the "apple" of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova said that social amendments "in fact consolidate poverty for decades ahead."
The non-partisan deputy from St. Petersburg Maxim Reznik told the correspondent of the Sever. Reali, that his colleagues vote for amendments because of fear "before repression, an oprichnaya machine", since "the authorities showed many times how it straightens out with its opponents."
In Pskov, the deputy from Yabloko Lev Schlosberg said that "the constitution of Vladimir Putin throws a shadow on the basis of the constitutional system of Russia, squeezes out the rights and freedoms of man and citizen."