Navalny calls for nationwide protests this Saturday
Opposition politician Alexey Navalny is formally calling for nationwide protests on Saturday, October 7. His team is planning pickets in the 80 cities he’s opened a campaign office.
The main demonstration is supposed to take place without a permit at Marsovo Polye in St. Petersburg at 6 p.m. Protesters won’t have a permit in Moscow, either, where Navalny is calling supporters to Tverskaya Street at 2 p.m. Four hours earlier, Navalny is calling protesters in Moscow to Tverskaya Street, after the city refused to grant him a permit to gather at Pushkin Square without offering an alternative venue.
The demonstrations will have two demands: “political competition” and allowing Navalny to compete in next year’s presidential race.
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