Rallies Bulk against increasing pensions for retirees failed
In mid-June, blogger Alexei Navalny has called through the social networks of their supporters to support the protests against the increase of pensions for retirees. Rallies have been declared in most major cities of Russia.
Bulk picked a date — July 1, the day of the match of team Russia against Spain in the 1/8 world Championship. However, even before it became known that the blogger himself in the rally will not take part on 30 June he flew together with his family to Hungary. The developments Alexei Navalny was watching from Budapest.
In the end, as predicted by many political analysts, in most cities the protests against the increase of pensions for retirees were not even able to collect the stated number of participants. And some where they did and had to cancel. Closer to the evening, from information received from across the country, begins add picture.
Vladimir (population 350 thousand people) — to the agreed meeting came more than 200 local residents. Same just 200, — in Lipetsk (510 thousands inhabitants), Tomsk (573 thousand inhabitants), in Belgorod (390 thousand inhabitants). In Novokuznetsk, where they live 550 thousand people, the rally, Navalny could not gather even hundreds of participants. Despite the fact that in each of these cities, the organizers claimed in coordination with the local authorities, to approved sites will come from a half to two thousand people. Alas.