Party members will take part in a memory watch and a round table

Press Release, 20.02.2021

Photo: Personal page of Maxim Petlin on Facebook

On 20 February, the Leninsky district court of the city of Yekaterinburg refused to approve the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov and the memorial meeting.

On February 19, the Sverdlovsk branch of Yabloko filed an administrative lawsuit in the Leninsky district court against the Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region, asking to acknowledge the refusal of the city officials to permit the procession and rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov as unlawful. The march and a rally were previously announced on 27 February, the day of murder of Boris Nemtsov.

“It is obvious to us that the court’s decision does not comply with Russian legislation, since it puts the normative acts of regional authorities above federal laws and the norms of the Constitution, as well as puts citizens in an unequal position. Some are allowed to hold and participate in mass events, when others are not allowed,” that is how the leader of the Sverdlovsk branch of Yabloko Maxim Petlin commented on the decision of the court.

The Chairman of the regional branch of the party said that instead a memory watch will take place in Trud Square of Yekaterinburg on February 27 from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m., as well as a round table dedicated to Boris Nemtsov will be held  in the Grand Avenue hotel from 15:00 to 18:00. Maxim Petlin intends to take part in both events: he will lay flowers and light a candle at the memory watch action at 14:30, and he will participated in the round table from 15:00.

Earlier, the Chelyabinsk  branch of Yabloko filed a lawsuit in court demanding to give a permission for the memory action, and the Novgorod branch of the party expressed a similar intention.

It should be noted that Yabloko organises actions in memory of  Boris Nemtsov in 22 cities.