Saint Petersburg has seen the biggest turnout since the crucial 1996 presidential election, but not all social groups are represented. Gay rights campaigner, Igant Fialkovsky, said that politicians ignored the gay community and all other minorities during
“They neglect all minorities in general – gay, ethnical or political. Their message towards us is negative. We don’t need you. We need the majority. And everybody must be the same,” Igant Fialkovsky said.