The difficulty was that so many volunteers showed up for the meeting that we had to hold it in two sessions. No matter how much we squeezed people in, the hall simply couldn’t fit everyone.
It was amazing. It felt like meeting up with old friends — which makes perfect sense, really: Kazan has always been one of the top cities for readership of my blog, and we’ve received a lot of donations from there too.
Before that, we held a press conference and several one-on-one interviews.
There was also an incredibly interesting and useful meeting with depositors defrauded by banks in Tatarstan. It hadn’t been planned, but they asked—and we made time for it.
They’re wonderful people who have grown desperate in their search for justice, even though both the law and fairness are on their side. They want the ACF (Anti-Corruption Foundation) to investigate corruption in Tatarstan and are even ready to raise money for it.
I’ll post a video of that meeting—it’s quite revealing. It does an excellent job of showing the public mood in the country.
All in all, everything is going great. The volunteers are ready for a real election campaign, and we definitely have public support.
Thank you to everyone who came. That’s how we’ll win.