SAINT PETERSBURG AUTHORITIES BARRED NATIONALIST ‘RUSSIAN MARCH’
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.11.2006 17:39 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The ‘Russian march’ as well as other actions were
prohibited by the Saint Petersburg authorities on the Day of National
Unity celebrated November 4. Governor Valentina Matviyenko said
she will not allow ‘any nationalist manifestation’. All the appeals
received by the administration have been rejected. The initiators of
the ‘Russian march’ describe their procession as ‘the most important
action of the year symbolizing national solidarity of the Russian
people.’ They were going to march from the Oktyabrsky concert hall
down the Nevsky Avenue.
Valentina Matviyenko said the city administration will undertake
tough measures to prevent conduction of unauthorized actions. "No
‘Russian action’ will be held in Petersburg," the Governor said.
Meanwhile Fontanka.ru reports that the authorities just offered the
action initiators to change the route.
Earlier Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov prohibited the ‘Russian
march’. However nationalist say they will hold the action despite
the decision of the city administration. Annual ‘Russian march’ has
been held twice. This time it’s being organized by the Movement of
Illegal Migration, reports Lenta.ru