Freedom of assembly: media digest (October 13-19, 2014)
practice In St. Petersburg, a case is being investigated in the wake of a mass protest event on March 5, 2012 Radio Liberty, October 17 : “On the evening of March 5, 2012, several thousand people gathered near the Mariinsky Palace on St. Isaac's Square in St. Petersburg to oppose fraud in the presidential elections held the day before. Then in St. Petersburg, with a turnout of 47 percent, Vladimir Putin won with 59 percent of the vote.