A rally “Free Elections for St. Petersburg!” took place in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 25.03.2019
A mass rally “Free Elections for St. Petersburg!” was held in St. Petersburg on 24 March. The rally was timed to the 30th anniversary of the first free elections to the Supreme Soviet [parliament] of the USSR. Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky was a co-anchor of the rally.
About 800 people – members and supporters of political parties, representatives of public organisations and citizens – came this day to Lenin Square to remember that once elections were really free.
Alexander Shadrin, member of the Regional Council of St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko, spoke at the rally about elections to the State Duma of the Russian Empire and recalled how it all ended in 1917.
It should be noted that at the entrance, representatives of law enforcement agencies took away the posters “Down with the Kremlin Appointees” and “Putin’s Power Means Dishonest Elections” from Alexander Shadrin. According to the police, the posters did not match the theme of the rally.
At the end of the rally, Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, read out the final resolution.
Posted: March 26th, 2019 under Elections, Без рубрики.