Dozens thousand people come to Chistiye Prudy in Moscow (photo)
The action called "Control Walk" started at 12.00 Moscow time today.
The action was organized by famous Russian
writers, Boris Akunin being among them. The aim of the action was to walk along
the central streets from the Pushkinskaya Square to the Chistiye Prudy in order to clarify whether the
Moscow inhabitants can walk around their city freely.
The representatives
of the opposition have organized a camp in the Chistiye Prudy. 300 people stayed there for the
night in the open air today although the weather was rainy. Many people also
spent the night in the 24-hours Summer cafes located nearby.
The Russian
opposition is holding the termless action "people's party". They
demonstrate solidarity with those who were arrested and beaten during the
"March of the Millions", dispersed by the authorities. It was a
sanctioned action, it took place on May 6.
Writer Dmitri Bykov.
Writer Boris Akunin.
The crowd in the Pushkinskaya Square.
Publicist and civil figure Alexander Prokhanov.
The NTV camera crew, booed by the crowd.
People have come to the Chistiye Prudy.
