Khodorkovsky’s Open Russia holds protests across country

29 April 2017
17:01 GMTAbout 150 people attempted to participate in an unsanctioned demonstration outside a metro station in northern St. Petersburg, local authorities have reported. After repeated police warnings some dispersed voluntarily, but about 100 people stayed, police said in a statement. It added that police were forced to “put an end to the illegal gathering.” Ruptly video footage shows that multiple attendees were detained.
- 14:12 GMT
Акция #надоел в Москве. pic.twitter.com/wgWFR7N2Fn
— Глеб Корнев (@GlebKornev) April 29, 2017 - 13:38 GMT
About 60 people gathered for a demonstration in the city of Krasnodar in southern Russia, a local branch of Interior Ministry said, as cited by Interfax.
“The event was peaceful; there have been no violations of public order,” an official from the ministry said.
- 13:38 GMT
A protest also took place in Siberia in the city of Tomsk.
- 13:37 GMT
Some 80 people took part in an Open Russia rally in the Urals’ city of Ufa, an official from the local branch of Interior Ministry told Interfax.
Уфа, #Надоелpic.twitter.com/2KDauYWMtr
— Команда ОР (@open_election) April 29, 2017 - 13:37 GMT
Open Russia activists in the Urals also joined a rally in the city of Ekaterinburg.
Режим пал.
— Катёнка ☭ (@iPrupru) April 29, 2017
Многотысячный митинг #надоел в #Екатеринбург'е pic.twitter.com/bi7nihKdQj - 13:03 GMT
Some 250 people gathered for Open Russia’s unauthorized rally in Moscow, the Russian Interior Ministry’s press service reported.
В Москве на акцию против Путина опять никто не пришел. #Надоелpic.twitter.com/TwSov7FRH0
— Команда ОР (@open_election) April 29, 2017 - 13:00 GMT
“This public event is being held in violation of Federal Law number 54, as it wasn’t agreed to with St. Petersburg’s authorities,” a police officer was repeatedly heard telling protesters in St. Petersburg via loudspeakers.
Санкт-Петербург, 29.04.2017 #надоел Видео моё pic.twitter.com/IdZCPUGWDH
— Тов. Катерина (@gotovalnya) April 29, 2017 - 12:44 GMT
A rally organized by Open Russia was held in the city of Cheboksary in the southeastern part of European Russia.
An official from a local branch of the Interior Ministry told Interfax that some 40 people took part in the rally.
Воронеж. #Надоелpic.twitter.com/Nd9C8X5itd
— Команда ОР (@open_election) April 29, 2017 - 12:41 GMT
Another rally organized by Open Russia was held in the city of Cheboksary in the southeastern part of European Russia.
Чебоксары, акция #Надоелpic.twitter.com/9lYh4zefZD
— Команда ОР (@open_election) April 29, 2017