Participants of last week's March of the Discontented Andrey Illarionov (left) and Garry Kasparov say new rallies will follow the March of the Discontented.
Photo: Sergey Brovko
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Other Russia to Protest on Streets, in Courts
The Other Russia opposition coalition has promised to defend rights of everyone arrested or injured in the violent police suppression of protest rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg last weekend. In the meantime, opposition leaders have announced new major protest rallies in June with the next event this Sunday.
Other Russia’s leaders Mikhail Kasyanov and Garry Kasparov as well as their ally, former presidential aide Andrey Illarionov said new rallies would follow last weekend’s March of the Discontented. Mr. Kasyanov said authorities had crossed the line, dispersing rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Riot police violently suppressed March of the Discontented rallies in Russia’s two largest cities on April 14 and 15, arresting hundreds of people and beating many more.
Garry Kasparov and Other Russia rights activists have promised legal support to any participant of the rallies who would go to court to sue police for their actions. The Moscow Helsinki Group and other human rights organizations are going to sent information they have gathered about beatings and unsanctioned arrests to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Other Russia leaders also sent appeals to EU and U.S. authorities, asking them to deny visas for those responsible for the suppression of the rallies. The list includes Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko and some other officials.
A group of Other Russia activists are going to take a stroll along Rozhdestvensky Boulevard in Moscow on Sunday to denounce last week’s violence.
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