Oleg Rodin, Yabloko’s candidate to the deputy of the State Duma, applied for a permission for a rally against raising the retirement age on 2 September
Press Release, 20.08.2018
On Friday, 17 August, Oleg Rodin, Yabloko’s candidate to the deputy of the State Duma in the forthcoming by-election to the Russian parliament, applied for a permission for a rally against raising the retirement age in Nizhny Novgorod on 2 September. The rally is planed on 2 September. Co-organisers of the action will be the independent trade union Uchitel (Teacher) and the Social Action movement. A number of the other political forces of the Nizhny Novgorod region are going to support the action.
“The date of the rally was chosen on purpose. As there will be only a week left after the rally for elections [by-elections to the State Duma and regional elections]. I think that these elections turn into a people’s referendum on raising the retirement age,” Oleg Rodin said.
In early September a new wave a protests against raising the retirement age will begin in Russia. The protests will be held on the threashold of the second reading of the anti-social bill on the pension reform in the State Duma. Nizhny Novgorod will be one of the large Russian cities where protests will be held on 2 September.
Posted: August 27th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.