Participants in an illegal rally in St. Petersburg were detained by the police while trying to hold a procession along Nevsky Prospekt towards the Legislative Assembly. People who came to the rally near the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station were also detained. Correspondent of the Kommersant newspaper in St. Petersburg Konstantin Andrianov told the details to presenter Ksenia Turkova. –– News agencies reported that the police stopped an attempt to hold an unauthorized rally in the center of St.

The heads of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the League of Arab States (LAS) agreed on a settlement plan in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on March 10 following a meeting with his Arab colleagues in Cairo. Mr. Lavrov said that this plan consists of five points.

At the Shitennoji Buddhist Temple in Osaka, 16,000 candles were lit today in memory of those killed in the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan almost a year ago. According to Japanese media, most of the ceremonies in memory of the dead and missing will take place on March 11, the anniversary of the disaster. A minute of silence is scheduled for 14:46 local time (7:46 Kyiv time).

An opposition rally is taking place on Novy Arbat. Among the demands of the rally participants is the release of political prisoners. Businessman Alexey Kozlov shared his opinion about the events with host Nail Gubaev. – Tomorrow is the trial. As I understand it, one of the main topics on Novy Arbat today is, strictly speaking, the matter regarding you. Was it a surprise to you that the organizers of the rally decided to raise this topic?

At the end of the rally “For Fair Elections,” one of its organizers, Vladimir Ryzhkov, announced the main demands of the opposition: to achieve an end to political repression and the release of those illegally convicted. Member of the League of Voters Sergei Parkhomenko shared his opinion on the future of the protest movement with host Alexei Korneev.

The opposition rally “For Fair Elections” ended on Novy Arbat. Director General of the Agency for Political and Economic Communications Dmitry Orlov spoke about his views on the further actions of the opposition movement by presenter Ksenia Turkova. — Do you think the time for rallies is over or not? Because such opinions have already been voiced today. You see, they finished earlier and fewer people came. Can we still talk about such a trend?

Today, the police detained 25 nationalists in Moscow, stopped an attempt to hold an unauthorized rally in the center of St. Petersburg, and detained about 40 people. “In the area of ​​the Kievsky Station Square, a group of nationalist-minded citizens attempted a provocation. It was promptly stopped by Moscow police. At the moment, 25 people have been detained and taken to the police station,” says the press service of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Lawyers will evaluate the progress of voting in the Russian presidential elections, Grigory Melkonyants, executive director of the Golos association, said at the rally “For Fair Elections.” According to him, a special legal group will be created to investigate possible violations in the presidential elections. The human rights activist commented on his statement to presenter Tatyana Vishnevskaya. — Please tell us what kind of group will be created? How will she act?

Participants of the action and journalists began to gather on New Arbat in Moscow, where on Saturday at 13.00 Moscow time a rally of the opposition, which does not agree with the results of the presidential elections in Russia, is scheduled to begin. In addition to the police officers, along Novy Arbat Street, a few meters apart, there are people with red armbands with the word “vigilante” written on them.

Participants of the action and journalists began to gather on New Arbat in Moscow, where on March 10 at 13.00 Moscow time a rally of the opposition, which does not agree with the results of the presidential elections in the Russian Federation, is scheduled to begin, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene. In addition to the police officers, along Novy Arbat Street, a few meters apart, there are people with red armbands with the word “vigilante” written on them.

US President Barack Obama and Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin agreed to continue dialogue on missile defense and the situation around Syria, RIA Novosti reports citing the White House press service. Mr. Obama called Vladimir Putin on March 9 and congratulated him on his victory in the presidential election. “Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin agreed to continue discussions on areas where the US and Russia differ, including missile defense and Syria.

48K 3 min. ... Today a coordinated rally “For Fair Elections” took place on Novy Arbat. The police detained oppositionist Sergei Udaltsov as he headed to Pushkinskaya Square. Kommersant-Online followed the progress of the action. 16:10 Most of the people at Arbatskaya are not Udaltsovites, but just people from the rally. And above this whole crowd a man plays the harmonica. 16:00 Udaltsov climbed onto the roof of a telephone booth, which he used as a podium. He was soon detained.

Opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov called on all those who do not agree with the results of the Duma and presidential elections in Russia to organize a large-scale march in Moscow on May 1 and try to gather 1 million people, RIA Novosti reports. “On May 1, a week before the (presidential) inauguration, 1 million people will come out in Moscow,” he said, speaking on March 10 at an opposition rally on Novy Arbat in Moscow.

On March 10, the police stopped an unauthorized march of nationalists on Old Arbat, the capital’s Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. “A group of citizens with nationalist views who left the meeting (of the opposition on New Arbat) attempted to hold an unauthorized march using flares on Old Arbat. However, the action was promptly stopped by the Moscow police,” RIA Novosti reports the department’s message.

PARNAS is ready to create a democratic coalition with the party of Mikhail Prokhorov and Yabloko, which can become a serious political force and receive the support of a significant number of Russians, co-chairman of the unregistered PARNAS party Mikhail Kasyanov told reporters. “We proposed to Prokhorov’s supporters, and directly to Mikhail Prokhorov, as well as to Yabloko supporters and directly to the Yabloko leader, to create a coalition.