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Metropolitan police on Thursday evening, March 23, urged Muscovites and guests of the capital to refrain from participation in an inconsistent event on 26 March on Tverskaya street.
“Given the traffic situation in the city centre and the likely presence there of a large number of citizens the organizers of the event were offered alternative places for it. Despite this, the proponents continue to call for the participation in the promotion. GU MVD of Russia in Moscow will take all necessary measures to ensure the rule of law,” reads the official statement of the Central Board, arrived in edition “Tapes.ru”.
In a statement, the Moscow police and the city authorities officially warn that the event is illegal, and under these conditions increases the risk of provocative actions aimed at violation of public order — in this case, the personal security of citizens can be jeopardized.
“We remind that the responsibility for the safety of the citizens including those imposed by law and to the organizers of a public event, what they were officially warned” — said in a statement.
Previously, the city of Moscow dismissed the opposition leader Alexei Navalny in March from Tverskaya Zastava on the streets 1-ya Tverskaya-Yamskaya and Tverskaya, and in the meeting on the street Okhotny Ryad on March 26.