YABLOKO activists to conduct street action for dismissal of Moscow Region Ombudsperson
Press release, 24.03.2016
On 28 March, First Deputy Chair of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the Moscow Region branch of YABLOKO Alexander Gunko and the party activists will conduct a picket with the demand to dismiss Yekaterina Smirnova, Ombudsperson of the Moscow Region.
On 1 March, during the meeting with Ella Pamfilova, Ombudsperson of the Russian Federation, Yekaterina Smirnova asked what she should do with “the foreign agents” in her region. The regional branch of YABLOKO claims that such statement on behalf of an official are unacceptable.
[The Russian law requires all nongovernmental organizations that receive foreign funding and engage in political activities to register as “foreign agents” — the term was widely used in the Soviet period to signify espionage.]
The action will begin at 12:00 a.m.
Address: 72 Prospect Mira, Moscow
Posted: March 26th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions.