Unknown persons plan to disrupt a rally Chelyabinsk for
the Changes! organised by YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin
and Eugenia Chirikova, leader of Movement in Protection of
Khimki Forest, in Chelyabinsk.
The city is full of flyers allegedly on behalf of the YABLOKO
party inviting the residents to come to the rally for a fee
of 1,500 roubles. Also several YABLOKO activists and supporters
got SMS where they were warned of a possible fight between
anarchists and neo-Nazis that may take place at the rally.
The rally will be held tomorrow, on November 19, at 2 p.m.
in the Aloye Polye garden. It is planned that YABLOKOs action
will bring together civil society activists and representatives
of initiative groups - defenders of the Chelyabinsk City Park,
movement in defense of the Organ Hall and other.
Leader of the Movement to Defence of Khimki Forest Eugenia
Chirikova will arrive to the city from Moscow tomorrow. YABLOKO
leader Sergei Mitrokhin will also take part in the action
during his one-day working visit to Chelyabinsk.
YABLOKO activists are convinced that the ruling United Russia
party is standing behind the provocations. In early November,
it became known that United Russia had developed a set of
recommendations for "the elimination of political rivals"
for their electoral head-quarters. These recommendations envisage
measures to suppress the activity of the street opposition.
Thus, it was proposed that this party should engaged informal
leaders and athletes for operational solutions of problems
with pickets and demonstrations.
Representatives of the YABLOKO party have already handed
to the police department of the Chelyabinsk region their formal
appeal to police demanding to ensure full safety for the participants
of the sanctioned rally.
See also:
Elections
to the State Duma 2011
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