An event in Ust-Kut where city residents could look at the Moon through a telescope has been cancelled. One of the organisers explained this by the FSB's demand
The administration of the city of Ust-Kut in the Irkutsk region has revoked permission to hold the "World Night of Sidewalk Astronomy 2021" in the city. Alexey Tupitsyn, director of the non-profit organization "Center for Civil Assistance", which co-organized the event, told Siberia.Realities about this. According to Tupitsyn, on March 20, the day before the event, he received a voice message from the acting head of the Ust-Kut administration, Yevgeny Koksharov.