1. A balcony is a campaign tool that everyone has. Banners are those nice-looking things that hang up high, can be seen from far away, and catch the eye of passersby.
The dry language of statistics says that this kind of advertising medium can generate up to 100,000 impressions a day—from pedestrians, drivers, residents of neighboring buildings, and so on. Even if your balcony is on a corner (like mine) or faces the courtyard, thousands of people still see it. They’re all surprised and think: wow, someone in our building is actually putting themselves out there. Maybe I’ll vote for Navalny too! Naturally, the crooks at City Hall didn’t like that one bit. So they started doing what they’ve always done best—stealing. So far, the campaign headquarters has given Moscow residents 455 of these banners, 46 of which have been stolen by the valiant district administration officials acting on orders from City Hall. The banners are stolen by migrant industrial climbers. And when the Uzbeks can’t handle it, United Russia (the ruling political party) sends in the heavy hitters:
Source Over these thefts, we sent an official appeal to candidate S. S. Sobyanin, but for some reason never received a reply. Candidate Sobyanin is not in the habit of answering uncomfortable questions at all—not about what was stolen during the sidewalk retiling projects, nor about what was embezzled during landscaping works. Now the district administrations are trying a different approach: muttering something about sanitary regulations. Naturally, we know federal law and the Constitution better than the ghouls in the district administrations, so we defend our banners and give everyone detailed instructions on how to fend off the “sanitary inspectors.” By the way, if you want a nice banner of your own, click the button
Or just come straight to our campaign headquarters—they’ll give you a full kit there. Remember: banners at headquarters are issued only to adult property owners. We plan to put up several thousand of these banners, so your balcony really matters to us. Get in touch. If you’re not the property owner but still want to help and make sure 100,000 people a day see a banner, we have good news for you: the campaign needs volunteers ready to help hang banners. Fill out this form or come directly to headquarters, where you’ll get banners and a route sheet, then head out to deliver and hang them. In short, if you show up, there’ll be work for you. 2. We need field-ready pollsters. The campaign has already conducted two major sociological surveys with the help of 280 volunteers. Thank you, everyone. But we want more: independent polling helps us make the campaign better. So come help us during our sociology weekend. Do honest polling with us—help us do it even better. By the way, we have fancy “field tablets.” After a short training session at headquarters, you’ll become volunteer pollsters. Then all that’s left is to conduct a few interviews with passersby on the streets, in Moscow’s parks, and in public squares. The briefing will take 30 minutes, the “field” assignment 3–4 hours, and the pride of knowing you’re doing something real will last and last. Fieldwork will take place on August 10, 11, and 12. Register for the briefing here. The first briefing will take place on Saturday afternoon. Many thanks in advance to everyone who helps. You’re the best.