Thousands of protests against President Putin
2013年05月07日
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Organisers said tens of thousands turned up for the rally, which marked one year since a chaotic anti-Kremlin protest on May 6, 2012, that descended into violence.
Police estimated the numbers on Monday at 8,000.
"Putin is a thief," charismatic opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny said to cheers from the crowds. "We will throw him out of the Kremlin."
The long-awaited protest was, however, clouded by the death of a worker who was crushed by a massive loudspeaker as he was helping to erect the stage for the event freemax starre pro.
Navalny, who is standing trial on what he says are trumped-up charges, made a long-awaited appearance at the rally on a blustery spring evening, delivering a campaign-style stump speech.
"Together with you I am not afraid of anything," the blue-eyed 36-year-old said, his wife Yulia standing next to him in a conjugal appearance reminiscent of a US presidential candidate.
"I will never surrender and I will never go away. I am fighting for a new future for my family, for my children and so are you," he said.
More than two dozen people now face jail over their involvement in last year's rally in a criminal probe activists have condemned as a throwback to the Stalin era.
One activist has already been jailed for four and a half years for purportedly resorting to violence in the 2012 rally. Another has been sentenced for two and a half years.
A leading opposition journalist sang from the stage, a famous actor read out a poem and one of Russia's most loved actresses, Liya Akhedzhakova, read a letter from one of the jailed activists.
"The whole square is full. There are tens of thousands of us," said former government member turned Putin critic Boris Nemtsov, clutching a bunch of white roses.virtual office
Unlike last year's dramatic protest, Monday's event was peaceful.
Flowers were laid by a railing in memory of the dead worker while a minute of silence was held in his honour before the event got under way.
A van from the Investigative Committee was conspicuously parked right behind the stage as the probe into the worker's death continued HealthCabin shipping time.
He was not an opposition activist but the employee of a firm contracted to prepare the stage, organisers said.
Police estimated the numbers on Monday at 8,000.
"Putin is a thief," charismatic opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny said to cheers from the crowds. "We will throw him out of the Kremlin."
The long-awaited protest was, however, clouded by the death of a worker who was crushed by a massive loudspeaker as he was helping to erect the stage for the event freemax starre pro.
Navalny, who is standing trial on what he says are trumped-up charges, made a long-awaited appearance at the rally on a blustery spring evening, delivering a campaign-style stump speech.
"Together with you I am not afraid of anything," the blue-eyed 36-year-old said, his wife Yulia standing next to him in a conjugal appearance reminiscent of a US presidential candidate.
"I will never surrender and I will never go away. I am fighting for a new future for my family, for my children and so are you," he said.
More than two dozen people now face jail over their involvement in last year's rally in a criminal probe activists have condemned as a throwback to the Stalin era.
One activist has already been jailed for four and a half years for purportedly resorting to violence in the 2012 rally. Another has been sentenced for two and a half years.
A leading opposition journalist sang from the stage, a famous actor read out a poem and one of Russia's most loved actresses, Liya Akhedzhakova, read a letter from one of the jailed activists.
"The whole square is full. There are tens of thousands of us," said former government member turned Putin critic Boris Nemtsov, clutching a bunch of white roses.virtual office
Unlike last year's dramatic protest, Monday's event was peaceful.
Flowers were laid by a railing in memory of the dead worker while a minute of silence was held in his honour before the event got under way.
A van from the Investigative Committee was conspicuously parked right behind the stage as the probe into the worker's death continued HealthCabin shipping time.
He was not an opposition activist but the employee of a firm contracted to prepare the stage, organisers said.
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