The authorities of Moscow and St. Petersburg refused to conduct rallies against amendments to the Constitution on July 15

Updated (14:35)

The Committee on the Law, Law and Order and Security of St. Petersburg explained to the organizers of the rally against amendments to the Constitution the reason for his refusal to coordinate the action, about this “North-West. MBH Media ” said Denis Lugovsky, spokeswoman for the Libertarian Party of Russia and one of the organizers of the rally on July 15.

“We were refused a rally only because we sent a notification by e-mail. And this, it turns out, is not provided for by federal law. Although next to the entrance to the committee there is an announcement that the entire correspondence is accepted by mail, ”Lugovsky explained.

The Committee on the Legality and Law Order of the St. Petersburg Government and the Moscow City Hall refused to agree on rallies to amend the Constitution scheduled for July 15. This was reported to the MBH Media was reported by the press secretary of Open Russia Konstantin Fomin and the organizer of the rally in St. Petersburg Sergey Kuzin.

The basis for the refusal was the decree of the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin on the ban on mass events during the pandemic of coronavirus. In St. Petersburg, the reasons for the refusal are not yet known.

According to Kuzin, the organizers hoped for approval, but expected that they would be refused. At the same time, they plan to submit a new application by changing the venue of the rally. “In an hour I take it and will submit a new one to the Hyde Park. There are other terms, ”he said.

The application was submitted by Open Russia, the Vesna movement and the Libertarian Party of Russia on July 15. It was planned to hold a rally on Lenin Square. On the same day, the rally was planned to be held in Moscow. There, the city hall also refused to conduct it, referring to the anti -epidemic regime.

In Moscow, the security forces came with a search to the chief editor of MBH Media Sergey Prostakov. In addition, the employees of the SK and the police came to the coordinators of the "Postcards" Tatyana Usmanova and Olga Gorelik, as well as to the municipal deputy Julia Galyamina.

Earlier, the Moscow authorities refused to hold a rally on July 4 against amendments to the Constitution due to a ban on mass events that was not officially lifted. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that this could happen in early July.