Tambov became the twelfth city on Alexei Navalny’s 2017 autumn campaign tour and the first rally of the trip to be held on private property—outside a shopping center. Before the event, Navalny laid flowers at the monument to the Tambov Peasant (a local symbolic figure) in solidarity with political prisoners; after the rally, the owner of the shopping center was placed under administrative arrest. The tour was part of Navalny’s presidential campaign: after opening regional headquarters, he began holding large meetings with voters across Russia.
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