As you know, after the opposition was barred from the elections in every region, we announced a major protest action for September 13.
After that, the Central Election Commission, acting manually, allowed us onto the ballot in just one region — the Kostroma Region. This does not change our demand for the unconditional right to participate in elections, but it does affect practical organizational matters: we expect that up to a thousand people will respond to our call and travel as election observers both to polling stations in Kostroma and to more distant towns.
The election observer movement has always been at the core of the protest movement, and of course we want all of us to march side by side together at the new march/rally.
After general consultations, the following decision has been made, and I am authorized to inform everyone of it.
The next general protest action will take place on the anniversary of the “castling” (a reference to the Putin-Medvedev job swap announcement) — on Sunday, September 20.
The disgusting fraudulent stunt by two swindlers, carried out at a convention of swindlers, became a turning point in modern Russian history.
If before September 24, 2011, one could say that the authorities rested on censorship, lies, and deceit, but that at least the very idea of a periodic transfer of power was not publicly called into question, then afterward the usurpation of power and its subsequent lifelong retention by Putin and his business partners became the driving purpose behind every decision and action of the state machine.
Everything serves the purpose of holding onto and consolidating power — from war and TV propaganda to political prisoners and absurdities like destroying food. The falsification of the 2011 State Duma elections, which finally stripped the authorities of legitimacy, was a direct consequence of that “castling.”
There have been no large joint marches in Moscow for six months — since the murder of Boris Nemtsov. We have not had a major rally for about a year and a half.
We clearly ought to gather, discuss important matters, and show these strange people, who think they can own an entire country as private property, that we live here too — and that we did not exactly plan on living under a monarchy.
The action will take the form of a march followed by a rally. The relevant notice will be submitted to Moscow City Hall in the near future.
The event will be fully safe and officially authorized.
Join the event group on Facebook and mark your calendars: September 20 at 2:00 p.m.
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