Russian Protest over Fair Voting in Moscow Duma Elections 2019

Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:49 PM Up to about 60,000 people haver demonstrated in Moscow today demanding free elections in Russia, in what is being seen as one of the country’s biggest political protests since 2011. Protesters gathered on Saturday at the central Prospekt Andreya Sakharova street for their fourth consecutive weekend demonstration over the exclusion of opposition and independent candidates from the Moscow’s city council ballot. Some protester’s carried placards with “Give us the right to vote!” and others carrying pictures of activists arrested at earlier protests. The protests started after after the verification of the signatures collected by … Continue reading Russian Protest over Fair Voting in Moscow Duma Elections 2019