In St. Petersburg, activists collect signatures against amendments to the Constitution

In St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt, activists collected more than 500 signatures in support of the campaign to appeal voting results on amendments. This was the correspondent of the Sever. REALIAL website by one of the organizers of the event, the municipal deputy and activist of Open Russia Sergey Kuzin. The collection of signatures continues.

"The signatures are of small legal significance. First of all, the signatures of the plaintiffs are important, but [the collection of signatures] is one of the methods of pressure, the pressure not on the court, but the pressure on power to make legal decisions," Kuzin said.

The event was attended by a former participant in the 2018 municipal elections and activist Pavel Chuprunov, who came to collect signatures in a suit, who symbolizes that "it was time to throw the current government from his shoulders and she sat there." Among the participants were also deputies of the Legislative Assembly Maxim Reznik and Boris Vishnevsky.

According to the organizers, two police officers left their signatures against amendments to the Constitution.

During the collection of signatures, several people came out with single pickets against amendments, in support of the arrested governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergey Furgal. The participants in the event also chanted: “Freedom to political prisoners”, “Putin to resign” and “Russia will be free”, sang the songs of the group “Porn films”. Motorists passing by signaling the protesters. The police did not detain anyone.

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The organizers of the collection of signatures against amendments to the Constitution wanted to hold a rally on July 15 against voting results, but the city authorities did not agree on the action, saying that the notice of the event was allegedly filed on time.

The new text of the Constitution was proposed by the presidential bill in January and adopted by the State Duma with amendments on March 11. Voting on amendments in Russia took place from June 25 to July 1. According to the CEC, they were supported by 77.92% of voters, 21.27% opposed. Among the most discussed changes in the Constitution are the “zeroing” of the presidential terms, which will allow Putin to be elected president until 2036.