In Barnaul, the previously agreed rally in memory of Nemtsov was banned

In Barnaul, the capital of the Altai Territory, the authorities have banned holding a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov, which they themselves had previously agreed upon. This is reported by Sibir.Realii.

The application for holding a commemoration of Nemtsov, who was killed in Moscow in February 2015, was submitted by the Barnaul branch of the “Yabloko” party. The authorities notified the organizers of the approval of the rally on February 25 at Svobody Square in Barnaul. However, after the party posted information about the approval of the action on its website, a refusal came from the city hall.

According to the administration, after posting a notice of the agreed action, “Yabloko” began to attract an unlimited number of people to it, which violates the declared and agreed number of participants. On this basis, the issued permit was revoked.

In Novosibirsk, the authorities forbade holding a commemoration of the victims of political repressions at the monument in Narym Square due to the fact that the organizer is allegedly connected with the extremist FBK recognized in Russia. The application for the rally was submitted by Svetlana Kaverzyna, an independent deputy of the city council of Novosibirsk, who, according to her, has nothing to do with Navalny’s foundation.

• Opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was killed on February 27, 2015, on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, 100 meters from the Kremlin. He was shot six times in the back and head. The perpetrators of the murder have not been determined by the investigation.
• Every year, actions in memory of the murdered politician are held throughout Russia. Before the ban on mass actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of people came to them. In recent years, the authorities increasingly, under various pretexts, forbid people to gather and honor Nemtsov’s memory.
• The Citizen Initiative party and several public figures, including unregistered Russian presidential candidate Ekaterina Duntsova, submitted an application to the Moscow City Hall to hold a march in memory of Nemtsov and Alexei Navalny, who died in the colony on February 16, on March 2. The authorities have not yet given an answer, but formally in Moscow restrictions on street events, introduced 4 years ago, continue to apply.