| Negotiations on obtaining permission on the March in Protection
of St.Petersburg with the St.Petersburg authorities took place
on October 6. Deputies from the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg
Sergei Malkov and Vladimir Fyodorov, leader of St.Petersburg
YABLOKO Maxim Reznik and Olga Kurnosova, head of the United
Civil Front participated in the negotiations from the part
of the citizens. Russia’s Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin was also
informed on the difficulties in obtaining a permission for
this civil action.
The authorities finally gave their permission on the action
in the form of a rally (not a demonstration requested by the
initiative group) by the Yubileiny Sports Complex (Sportivnaya
metro station).
“Obviously, in my opinion, the refusal [of the authorities}
to give us a permission on a demonstration is unlawful, however,
I think that it is more important to give people a possibility
to express their position without fear and police batons,”
Maxim Reznik said.
The March in Protection of St.Petersburg will take place as
initially planned on October 10 at noon.
The office of St.Petersburg YABLOKO (address: Shpalernaya
13, working hours 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.) offers free newspapers
and leaflets published specially for the March.
See also:
Human
Rights
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