The 1st of May Democratic March demanding dismissal of Governor
Valentina Matviyenko and elections of executive authorities
took place in St.Petersburg. The participants marched along
the main streets of the city and then conducted a rally.
About 500 people came to the march. The participants held
banners “Democratic March” and “Matviyenko to Dismissal”.
A large number of police, several coaches of riot police (OMON)
and a police helicopter followed the demonstration.
Photo: "Matviyenko to dismissal!"
Photo: "Democratic March"
Photo: Lev Luriye
Photo: YABLOKO's Mikhail Amosov and Alexander
Gudimov
Photo: YABLOKO's Maxim Reznik and Mikhail
Amosov
The rally was opened by a well-known journalist Lev Luriye.
He called to vote at the coming elections to St.Petersburg
Legislative Assembly for any party but the ruling United Russia,
so that Valentina Matviyenko would not be proposed as candidate
to Governor from this party.
Member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee Mikhail Amosov spoke
about the need to transfer to elections of the executive authority
of the city.
The organizational committee of the Democratic March included
St.Petersburg branches of the youth movement Oborona (Defence),
the Party of People’s Freedom, Russian People’s Democratic
Union, the Republican Party of Russia, the Socio-Democratic
Youth Union, the Solidarity movement and the YABLOKO party.
The organizers had to overcome the resistance of the local
authorities to give their allowance to conduct a democratic
demonstration in the centre of the city; where as the ruling
United Russia, a Just Russia, communists and nationalists
did not have such problems.
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Source: www.spb.yabloko.ru
See also:
YABLOKO
and the parties of power
Gubernatorial
Elections
Regional
Elections 2011
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