More than 150 festive events will be held in Moscow in honor of the Day of Russia. This was announced at a meeting on operational issues by the deputy mayor of the capital Leonid Pechatnikov.
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The festive marathon will be held from 10 to 12 June. “Festive programs have been prepared in cultural centers, museums and parks of the capital, more than 150 events will take place in total,” Pechatnikov said.
Among the largest events are the gala concert of the festival "Shield and Lyre" in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora, which will be held from 18.00 to 22.00, the music festival "Russia" in the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve from 12.00 to 20.00, cultural and entertainment program with the exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery "The Art of the 20th Century" on Triumfalnaya Square as part of the "Cherry Forest" festival.
The central event of the celebration of the Day of Russia will be a concert on Red Square with the participation of leading musical performers, which will begin at 17.30 and end at 22.00. Among the stars will perform Yolka, Igor Krutoy, Dmitry Koldun, Dima Bilan, Semantic Hallucinations, Alexander F. Sklyar, Valeria, Philip Kirkorov and Alexander Rosembaum. After the end of the event, festive fireworks await the guests.
On June 12, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War will make admission free of charge, and will also hold a flash mob "Anthem of Russia" with the participation of about 500 schoolchildren and students. This was reported by the press service of the museum.
“On June 12, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War will be the first among federal institutions to make visiting the museum free of charge and hold a patriotic flash mob “Anthem of Russia”. As part of the event, about 500 students and schoolchildren of Moscow, members of youth and public organizations will unfurl the largest State flag of the Russian Federation and perform the anthem of the Russian Federation to the accompaniment of the brass band of the Maimonides Academy of the Russian State University. A.N. Kosygin. Everyone will be able to join the action,” the organizers of the event told reporters.
It is noted that the museum will host tours, master classes and interactive programs. In addition to the main exhibition in the museum, you can visit the exhibition "Symbols of the Russian State".
Also on Russia Day, the Museum of the Great Patriotic War will host the brass band of the Cultural Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will perform popular melodies by Russian and Soviet composers.
Moscow parks have also prepared a special holiday program for the Day of Russia. On June 12, Muscovites and guests of the capital are waiting for 19 parks where entertainment events will be held, according to the portal of the mayor and the government of Moscow.
Visitors are waiting for poems from Pushkin's robot, tea drinking from a two-meter samovar, master classes in making flags and much more. Ten parks will host free film screenings. "Sokolniki": robot Pushkin and street music festival.
For two days, June 11 and 12, visitors to Sokolniki Park will be able to communicate with Pushkin the robot. The android will be brought from the "Robostation" to VDNKh, he has an outward resemblance to the poet and can read more than 600 of his poems.
Tea drinking from a giant samovar is being organized in the Hermitage Garden as part of the first All-Russian festival of Russian feasting and hospitality Samovarfest. Guests will be treated to tea from a two-meter brass samovar. At the same time, 500 people will be able to drink a hot drink from it.
The Day of Russia in Tagansky Park will begin with the distribution of 1,000 ribbons of the Russian tricolor. Guests will be invited to participate in the creation of a giant flag.
More than 8.7 thousand police officers, the National Guard and people's guards will ensure public order and the safety of citizens during the celebrations, follows from the materials of the meeting.
On June 12, on Tverskaya Street and Manezhnaya Square, you will meet all the best that happened during the 11 days of the Times and Epochs festival.
At the Dyakovskaya Culture site, you will see outfits and crafts of the Iron Age, taste beaver meat, learn how to cut bone and weave cords on weights. In "Ancient Rus'" you are waiting for the peoples of the early Middle Ages: Russians, Vikings, Balts, Finno-Ugric peoples and Byzantines. The prince's warriors will show military exercises, the craftsmen will teach how to work in a forge, stamp fabrics, and knit marine knots.
The location "Medieval Rus' and neighbors" will present the life of the times of confrontation between the Russian principalities and the Golden Horde. You will see the armor and weapons of knights and batyrs, take pictures with hunting falcons and horses. There will also be a fleet of siege machines, including the largest trebuchet in Russia. To visit a shoemaker’s shop and an icon painter’s workshop, take a look at the Moscow Kingdom of the 17th century site. At the same time, here you can observe the life of the archery field camp, learn how to handle pikes and muskets, and master calligraphy.
At the “Epoch of Peter the Great” site, you will find yourself on a Moscow street of the 18th century, arranged in the European style, visit the mint, the navigation school and the pharmacy order. You can get a lesson from the famous dance master. Do you want to feel like a brave cavalryman? Then we are waiting at the site "Patriotic War of 1812". A fencing school, a saddler's workshop and a field forge, a Russian redoubt and a Napoleon's army camp will open here.
A field camp of Russians, French and Englishmen of the middle of the 19th century will be set up at the location "Crimean War of 1854".
On the city square of Sevastopol, you can take a crash course at a cadet school, play croquet and take pictures in a retro photo studio. In the World War I training camp, soldiers will practice drill and bayonet fighting, nurses in the field hospital will bandage the wounded. Nearby there will be an exhibition of World War I equipment: Austin-Putilovets and Mannesmann-Mulag armored vehicles, the famous Renault FT-17 tank, models of Ilya Muromets and Fokker aircraft.
Board games, guitar and button accordion songs, a fashion show, a parade of athletes and an exhibition of vintage cars are waiting for visitors at the “USSR in the 1930s” site. A recruiting station and courses for machine gunners, nurses, and air defense fighters will open at the Great Patriotic War location. And on the site dedicated to the post-war period, we will celebrate the Victory! The program includes loudspeaker marches, accordion dances, an exhibition of Soviet and captured military equipment. Here you can see the Jagdpanther self-propelled guns, Panzer T-2, SDKFZ armored car, Goliath self-propelled mine, Zundapp motorcycle, T-34 tank, Katyusha, ZIS-3 gun, Willis car.
A historical and entertainment cluster will be located separately. There will be a marketplace, an arena for historical fencing and a stage for musical performances. Near the cluster, you can admire the performances of the riders of the Kremlin Riding School.
Moscow celebrates Russia Day 2017: On Sunday, June 12, more than 150 different festive events will take place in the capital in honor of Russia Day. The main event will be a concert on Red Square with the participation of popular artists and fireworks.
A wide cultural and sports program awaits the residents of the capital during the celebration of the Day of Russia. There will be many options for where to go and how to spend the day with benefit. Festive events will be held throughout the capital. And since this Day of Russia is an official holiday, citizens will have a great opportunity to visit interesting places in Moscow to participate and watch the festive program.
Day of Russia 2017. Program of events
Festive events will be held at VDNKh, in Gorky Park and on Poklonnaya Hill. Fairs and festivals will work in Moscow on June 12. Various sports competitions are planned in the parks. Children will enjoy watching the kite show and the launch of hot air balloons.
Free film screenings will be held in 10 parks of the capital on June 12. In the Hermitage Garden, Krasnaya Presnya Park, Izmailovsky and Kuzminki Park, you can watch the film After You (2016) with the participation of Sergei Bezrukov. Visitors to Tagansky Park are waiting for the comedy about love of 2015 "Without Borders". Lianozovsky, Vorontsovsky and Perovsky parks will show "Girls", "Courier" and "Wedding in Malinovka".
And a giant samovar will be brought to the Hermitage garden on the Day of Russia. There will be held the festival of Russian feast and hospitality "Samovarfest". It is planned to create a giant tricolor in Taganka Park. Concerts and DJ sets are scheduled for May 12 at Fontannaya Square.
Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Full celebration program
Among the biggest events are the gala concert of the festival "Shield and Lyre" in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, which will be held from 18.00 to 22.00, the music festival "Russia" in the museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye" from 12.00 to 20.00, cultural and entertainment scheme with the exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the 20th century" in Pobednaya Square as part of the "Cherry Forest" festival.
The central event of the celebration of the Day of Russia will be a performance on Red Square with the participation of leading musical artists, which will begin at 17.30 and end at 22.00. Among the stars will be Yolka, Igor Krutoy, Dmitry Koldun, Dima Bilan, Semantic Hallucinations, Alexander F. Sklyar, Valeria, Philip Kirkorov and Alexander Rosembaum. After the end of the event, a solemn salute awaits visitors.
Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Sokolniki
On June 12, Sokolniki Park will host 4 large-scale events. At 12:00 on Festivalnaya Square, the “Big Training” of the Match TV television channel starts, at which the honored Russian moto extreme sportsman Marat Kankadze will perform. Football fans, especially fans of the capital's "Spartak", will be able to look at the Cup of the Russian Football Premier League, which the red and white won this year for the first time in 16 years.
After training and until 21:00 - a concert "Our people in the city" with the participation of young artists. The headliner of the event is the rock band "7B", popular, in particular, thanks to the song "Young Winds".
There will be something to see on Fountain Square: there will be another concert from 13:00 to 21:00, and guests of the park are also scheduled to meet with four-time Olympic champion in gymnastics Alexei Nemov.
From 11:00 to 20:00 on the stage "Rotonda" will be held the III Moscow Festival of Contemporary Literature. Among the visitors of the event was video blogger Nikolai Sobolev, who gathered more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube in a record period. He will present his own recently published book "The Way to Success".
Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Krasnaya Presnya
In the Krasnaya Presnya park, they will learn how to competently fly kites and design airplanes. In addition, there will be a lesson on the history of the national flag.
From two o'clock there will be a performance by Russian Radio. The event will be hosted by the authors of the early show "Russian Peppers" and TV and radio host Dmitry Olenin. Speakers include Sati Casanova, Yulia Kovalchuk and Alexei Chumakov.
Moscow celebrates Russia Day 2017: Pushkinskaya Square
The festival town "Multinational Russia" will start working on the square from 12 o'clock. There will be presented tents "Country of cartoons" (cartoons about various settlements and peoples), interactive "Power of crafts" - a forge with an anvil and anvil, the inspirited workshop "Country of Dolls" will open its own door. The guests will also be interested in the "Country in Detail" exposition, which shows the diversity of absolutely all 85 regions of the Russian Federation.
At 14:00 a big concert will begin with the participation of national groups and artists. The event will be hosted by actress Yana Poplavskaya and performer Zarif Norov. The festival was initiated by the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs.
Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Poklonnaya Hill
The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War will open its doors on Poklonnaya Hill for free. On the Day of Russia, everyone will be able to visit dioramas, visit expositions and exhibitions, as well as open areas for weapons and military equipment.
The main event will be the patriotic flash mob "Symbols of Russia". Hundreds of students, teenagers, members of youth and public organizations will unfurl the flag of the Russian Federation and perform the anthem to the accompaniment of a brass band.
Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Tverskaya street, Teatralny proezd and Triumfalnaya square
Free excursions and fireworks await Moscow residents on Russia Day
From 12:00 to 20:00 on the section from Pushkinskaya Square to Manezhnaya, as well as on Okhotny Ryad, a large-scale celebration of the Day of the History of Russia will take place. The site will be divided into 17 thematic zones. Thus, the activities of weavers, potters and jewelers will be demonstrated on the territory of Dyakovskaya Kultury, equipment of Russian troops will be shown in the Rus and Neighbors zone, and board games and songs will be played on the site of the USSR in the 1930s. , look at the parade of athletes and the exhibition of vintage cars. The space dedicated to the Great Patriotic War will host courses for machine gunners, nurses and air defense fighters.
At the same time, a special equestrian program will take place in Teatralny Proyezd. The main performances are performances by the team of the Cavalry Honorary Escort of the Presidential Regiment and the Kremlin Riding School "Traditions of Equestrian Russia".
Art lovers will certainly want to head to Triumfalnaya Square - there will be an exhibition of the Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the 20th Century" and the Cherry Forest festival.
Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Festival "Multinational Russia"
12.00 - opening of the festival town on Pushkinskaya Square;
14.00 - press conference with the participation of the winners and members of the jury of the All-Russian children's competition "Dolls in national costumes of the peoples of Russia";
15.00 - 15.20 - musical and dance improvisations "Parade of Friendship of Peoples";
15.30 - 15.50 - the official part and the anthem of Russia performed by the participants of the concert;
15.50 - 20.00 - big concert program.
On the occasion of the Day of Russia, the Hermitage Garden will host a festival of samovars called Samovarfest. On the occasion of this holiday, the largest wood-fired samovar will be brought to the capital. The volume of this samovar is 300 liters. It will be included in the Russian Book of Records as the tallest brass samovar in the country.
The festival "Shield and Lyre" will be held on June 12 from 17:00 to 22:00. As part of this event, a gala concert of the winners of the XII festival of musical creativity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Shield and Lyre" is planned with the participation of popular creative teams, performers from among the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Central Concert Orchestra of the Russian Police.
Music Festival "Russia"will be held in the Kolomenskoye Reserve from 12:00 to 22:00:
12.00 - ensemble "Fidgets" (stage on a potato field), folklore ensemble "Besedushka" (interactive on the grass),
State Brass Band of Russia (at the entrance to the park);
12.30 - Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva (stage near the honey factory);
13.00 - Lyudmila Ryumina and the ensemble "Rusy" (stage near the Church of the Ascension of the Lord), children's hour with the theater of people and puppets "Eccentrics" (interactive on the grass);
13.30 - The State Orchestra "Guslars of Russia" (stage on the potato field), the State Brass Band of Russia (at the entrance to the park), the Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva (pavilion of 1825);
14.00 - accordion ensemble "Russian timbre" (stage near the honey factory), Moscow State Historical and Ethnographic Theater (interactive on the grass);
2.30 pm - ensemble of sacred music "Blagovest" (pavilion of 1825);
15.00 - Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble (stage at the Church of the Ascension of the Lord), the State Academic Orchestra of Soloists "Russian Patterns" (stage on the potato field), children's hour with the theater of people and puppets "Eccentrics" (interactive on the grass);
15.30 - soloists of the New Opera Theater (stage near the honey factory);
16.00 - soloists of the theater "Helikon-Opera", a ball in the noble estate (pavilion of 1825), Dmitry Pokrovsky's ensemble (interactive on the grass);
16.30 - stars of the show "Dancing" on the TNT channel Adam and Nastya Cherednikova, dance flash mob (stage near the Church of the Ascension of the Lord), Moscow State Academic Dance Theater "Gzhel" (stage on the potato field);
17.00 - State Chapel of Moscow named after Vadim Sudakov (stage at the mead factory);
18.00 - theater "Helikon-Opera", gala concert (stage near the Church of the Ascension of the Lord).
Another interesting event scheduled for June 12 is the demonstration performance of the Presidential Regiment's horse escort. In Teatralny Proyezd, riders will demonstrate the art of riding and the skill of rebuilding in the best traditions of equestrian ceremonial.
On June 12, Perovsky Park will host a sports festival dedicated to the Day of Russia from 11:00 to 13:00. There you can do fitness exercises and get a master class from athletes and professional instructors.
Day of Russia 2017. Salute. Salute points on the map
Red Square will, of course, become the central platform for the Day of Russia. Solemn events here will begin at 17:00 - a big gala concert. True, to get to it, you will need special invitations. But the fireworks, which at ten o'clock in the evening will decorate the capital's sky, can be seen from almost anywhere in the city: volleys will be launched at the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge.
Fireworks on Russia Day 2017. Where is the best place to watch fireworks
- Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora - point No. 1 on the Alley of Partisans, 400 meters from the Museum of the Great Patriotic War
- Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora - point number 2 on the hill at the entrance platform
- Luzhniki - Lyzhnetskaya embankment, opposite the Big Sports Arena
- VDNKh - on the square between Agricultural Street and the north gate of VDNKh
- Novo-Peredelkino - wasteland on the bank of the pond, Fedocino street, house 18
- Lianozovo - on the bank of Altyfievskiy pond, Novgorodskaya street, 38
- Izmailovo - a town named after Bayman, a site on the shore of the Silver-Grape Pond
- Kyzminki - POCTO site, 3areche street, house 3A, building 1
- Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo - the territory of the Tyshino airfield, 500 meters south-west of the Bolokolamskoe highway
- Mitino - park behind the Aquamarine sports complex, Polovka street, house 5
- Obrychevo - a sports ground 60 meters southeast of the main building of the RUDN University, Miklyxo-Maklaya street, house 6 building 1
- Borisovskie Prydy - area of the embankment of the Moscow River, Borisovskie Prydy street, house 25, building 2
- South Butovo - on the bank of Chernevsky Pond, Akademika Pontryagin street, house 11, building 3
- Levoberezhny district - Friendship Park, a site near the sculpture "Friendship of Continents", Festivalnaya Street, 2B
- 3elenograd - on the bank of the pond in Pobedy park, Ozernaya alley, house 8
- Troitsk - on the territory of the PAH Institute of Physics, 300 meters north-east property 11, Physical street, property 11
Fireworks for the Day of Russia 2017. Fireworks points on the map
Below you can find an interactive map of the location of fireworks points. In other words, see where the fireworks will be on the map.
Day of Russia 2017. Parking
In Moscow, on June 12, motorists will be able to leave their cars for free in parking spaces, according to website Moscow parking. It will be possible to leave a car without payment at any parking lot located on the street and road network and included in the parking space zone of the capital.
At the same time, flat parking lots with barriers will remain paid and will operate at current rates. General Director of the State Institution "Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space" (AMPP) Alexander Grivnyak noted that drivers need to follow the rules of the road and leave cars only in permitted places.
Day of Russia 2017. History of the holiday
Russia Day before, until 2002, had the name Independence Day of Russia. Russia Day is a public holiday, and is one of the "youngest" holidays in the country.
Numerous surveys periodically conducted by the media or sociological services show that every year the number of Russians who do not know what date Russia Day is being celebrated is decreasing. The "Levada-Center" took up the statistical study. The opinions of Russians about the celebration of this day were studied. The information received showed that less than 1/2 of the population considers the holiday to be the Day of Russia.
A significant proportion of Russians call the solemn date Independence Day. A few more percent of residents consider the event to be the Day of the Declaration of Independence. Some perceive June 12 as the date of the election of the first Russian president.
Representatives of different generations already almost all confidently call the 12th day of the first summer month a holiday, a significant percentage of patriots consider it a significant date.
Russia Day: Popularity among the people
Despite the policy of popularizing the holiday, not all Russians know what holiday June 12 is. The Levada Center conducted a corresponding survey. The opinions of Russians about what is celebrated on June 12 in Russia are divided between Russia Day, Independence Day, and the Day of the Declaration of Independence. Some people remember that the first Russian president was elected on that day. In general, less than half of Russians know that June 12 is the day of Russia.
Such data was obtained according to the Levada Center:
47% of respondents - chose the correct option - the day of Russia;
33% live back in the early 2000s and voted for Independence Day;
6% - remembered Boris Yeltsin;
8% - did not answer;
4% - said that this is not a holiday at all;
2% - suggested options that stand out from the general list.
Day of Russia: At the government level
Russians subconsciously draw an analogy between the day of Russia, calling it Independence Day, and Independence Day in the United States. This is fundamentally not true. If the United States gained independence at the same time, from the moment the Declaration was signed, then Russia has been independent for a very long time, and the date of the proclamation of Russia as a state cannot be specifically named.
However, not only ordinary people do not know what holiday June 12 is, they also find it difficult to determine it at the top. As deputy Nikolai Pavlov rightly noted in 2007, the beginning of the Declaration of Sovereignty declares Russia to be part of the Soviet Union. The exact text reads as follows: “Parrying, Alexei Mitrofanov generally stated that with the same success, on a par with a national holiday, June 12 can be considered the day of the Liberal Democratic Party, because on that day Zhirinovsky took 3rd place in the presidential election, which secured himself an influential place in politics." This is such a mess.
Day of Russia: History of the holiday
At the state level, this is, of course, the most important holiday today. This is the date from which the formation of a new statehood based on the principles of democracy, civil law, and federalism began.
At first, the people were not up to the holidays. June 12 - what a holiday! The difficult situation in the country, default after default, crisis after crisis... There is no time to delve into the essence of the political situation - to feed yourself and your family. At that time, polls were also conducted, and the results were not impressive - at the mention of Independence Day, people's eyes did not light up with patriotism, they did not understand the essence of the holiday. The only thing that pleased the Russians was an extra day off, which could be devoted to rest. The authorities, of course, sought to popularize the holiday, held rallies and demonstrations, but this was somehow held without enthusiasm.
All the same B. Yeltsin decided to change the meaning of the holiday by changing the name. In 1998, a proposal was made to rename it the Day of Russia, but the final decision was made only in 2002.
Today is the day of Russia - a symbol of national unity, Motherland, freedom, peace and harmony. The patriotism of the people is growing, perhaps this happened due to the successful winter Olympics in Sochi, the annexation of Crimea. Although we have not yet fully realized the importance of this holiday, but, undoubtedly, we have begun to relate to it much better. Perhaps the whole reason is that life in the country has improved somewhat.
Day of Russia: And what happened before ...
Celebrating the Day of Russia today, June 12, one should not forget about the centuries-old history and traditions of the state, because its formation did not take place in 1990, but much earlier, informs w. There were times when the glory of the state burned even brighter. And the fact that today we are independent is not the result of the signing of the Declaration of Sovereignty of Russia, but the centuries-old efforts of our ancestors, who earned this right at the cost of their blood and happiness.
There was an event in the history of Russia, which in its significance is comparable to the signing of the 1990 Declaration. This event is the election of Andrey Yurievich Bogolyubsky as Prince of Rostov and Suzdal. It happened on June 4, 1157. As a result, northeastern Rus' became independent in relation to Kyiv, and Andrei Bogolyubsky became the first elected prince. This is where the parallels need to be drawn.
Later, the Grand Duchy of Vladimir, in which Andrei Bogolyubsky ruled, became the Grand Duchy of Moscow. And already it served as the basis for an independent Russian state. This is how Kievan Rus collapsed, this is how the Soviet Union collapsed. Thank God that we managed to preserve the foundations of statehood at that distant time and in our recent past.
The anti-corruption rally on Tverskaya Street, not coordinated with the authorities, organized by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, began with arrests. According to media reports, the police "pull out" people from the crowd, even if they did not chant slogans and did not hold banners. Meanwhile, on Academician Sakharov Avenue, where the opposition initially intended to hold their rally, opponents of the renovation bill gathered.
Anti-corruption "festivities" started around 14:00 and were peaceful, the police mostly kept aloof. However, after some time, the atmosphere on Tverskaya changed dramatically: a lot of people appeared on the street, shouting opposition slogans. Activists began to draw provocative posters right on the street. OMON pulled up to the place, which blocked the passage to Tverskaya Street, which caused a crush on Pushkinskaya Square.
Near 18:00 It was announced that Tverskaya Street was to be opened to traffic, and the police and the National Guard were leaving Pushkinskaya Square. However, according to eyewitnesses, for some time the law enforcement officers continued to snatch people from the groups who remained there. Even human rights activists find it difficult to calculate the exact number of detainees so far.
17:51
The Russian Guard announced the arrest of a man who sprayed pepper gas in the face of an riot police officer. The department claims that the law enforcement officer received a burn to his eyes. The names of the detainee and the victim were not specified.
17:34
17:33
Portal "OVD-Info" reports about 750 detainees during the Moscow "festivities". Now, judging by the broadcasts on social networks, the people in the center of the capital began to disperse.
17:19
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, who is currently at a reception in the Kremlin, refused to comment on the demonstrations against corruption, despite numerous requests from journalists.
17:06
Dozhd correspondent Maria Borzunova reported that a loud bang was heard on Pushkinskaya Square, presumably someone blew up a firecracker.
16:48
16:43
Media reports that there are already more than 400 detainees in Moscow
16:42
16:40
"Mediazona" reports that a policeman smashed the lip of a 12-year-old child with a baton. People are being detained "super-toughly, unbelievably", law enforcement officers are beating those who are lying with batons, pushing the crowd to the tents of historical reenactors.
16:36
A Dozhd correspondent writes that police are surrounding people on Tverskaya Street, Muscovites are being squeezed out of the street. Participants of the action shout "Shame". Meanwhile, state news agencies report about 2.5 million citizens celebrating Russia Day at Moscow mass events.
16:30
Police on Pushkin Square beat protesters with batons
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16:18
The organizers of the festival of historical reconstructions on Tverskaya asked Muscovites to do without politics. The people did not listen, which is why the staged battles of the warriors of the era of Ancient Rus' took place under a very relevant soundtrack - the slogans "Russia without Putin":
16:06
On Academician Sakharov Avenue the end of the rally was announced, on Tverskaya the action is in full swing.
15:54
Oppositionist Ilya Yashin, who was earlier detained by the police, told that he, as well as other people from the paddy wagon, were refused admission to the police department of the Krasnoselsky district, because there were no places in the department, "too many detainees." "They are being taken to some other police department," the politician added.
15:44
Sergey Sirnov, editor-in-chief of the Mediazona portal, on his Twitter writes that the gas sprayed near the building of the newspaper "Izvestia" was pepper.
15:42
Correspondent commented: "Read the news correctly: the Moscow mayor's office wants to bring provocateurs in masks with spray cans to the rally on June 12."
15:23
Opponents of the renovation, who had gathered on Akademik Sakharov Avenue, began to disperse at about 15:00,
The authorities of Ecuador have deprived Julian Assange of asylum in the London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks is detained by the British police, and this has already been called the biggest betrayal in the history of Ecuador. Why is Assange being avenged and what awaits him?
Julian Assange, a programmer and journalist from Australia, became widely known after the website WikiLeaks, founded by him, published secret documents of the US State Department, as well as materials related to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010.
But it was quite difficult to find out who the policemen, supporting by the arms, were taking out of the building. Assange grew a beard and did not look at all like the energetic man that he had so far presented in photographs.
According to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, Assange's asylum was denied because of his repeated violations of international conventions.
He is expected to remain at a police station in central London until he appears before Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Why the President of Ecuador is accused of betrayal
Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa called the decision of the current government the biggest betrayal in the history of the country. "What he (Moreno. - Approx. ed.) did is a crime that humanity will never forget," Correa said.
London, on the contrary, thanked Moreno. The British Foreign Office believes that justice has prevailed. The representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Maria Zakharova, has a different opinion. "The hand of 'democracy' is squeezing the throat of freedom," she said. The Kremlin expressed the hope that the rights of the arrested person would be respected.
Ecuador harbored Assange because the former president was center-left, critical of US policy, and welcomed WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even before the Internet activist needed asylum, he managed to get to know Correa personally: he interviewed him for the Russia Today channel.
However, in 2017, the government in Ecuador changed, the country headed for rapprochement with the United States. The new president called Assange "a stone in the shoe" and immediately made it clear that his stay on the territory of the embassy would not be delayed.
According to Correa, the moment of truth came at the end of June last year, when US Vice President Michael Pence arrived in Ecuador on a visit. Then everything was decided. "You can be sure: Lenin is just a hypocrite. He has already agreed with the Americans about the fate of Assange. And now he is trying to make us swallow the pill, saying that Ecuador allegedly continues the dialogue," Correa said in an interview with Russia Today.
How Assange made new enemies
The day before his arrest, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristin Hrafnsson said that Assange was under total surveillance. "WikiLeaks uncovered a massive spy operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy," he said. According to him, cameras and voice recorders were placed around Assange, and the information received was transmitted to the administration of Donald Trump.
Hrafnsson specified that Assange was going to be expelled from the embassy a week earlier. This did not happen only because WikiLeaks made this information public. A high-ranking source told the portal about the plans of the Ecuadorian authorities, but the head of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Jose Valencia, denied the rumors.
Assange's expulsion was preceded by a corruption scandal involving Moreno. In February, WikiLeaks published the INA Papers package, which traced the operations of the offshore company INA Investment, founded by the brother of the Ecuadorian leader. In Quito, they said that this was a plot by Assange with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former head of Ecuador Rafael Correa to overthrow Moreno.
In early April, Moreno complained about Assange's behavior in Ecuador's London mission. “We have to protect the life of Mr. Assange, but he has already crossed all the lines in terms of violating the agreement that we reached with him,” the president said. “This does not mean that he cannot speak freely, but he cannot lie and hack ". At the same time, back in February last year, it became known that Assange at the embassy was deprived of the opportunity to interact with the outside world, in particular, he was turned off access to the Internet.
Why Sweden stopped persecuting Assange
At the end of last year, Western media, citing sources, reported that Assange would be charged in the United States. This was never officially confirmed, but it was precisely because of Washington's position that Assange had to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy six years ago.
Sweden, in May 2017, stopped investigating two cases of rape in which the founder of the portal was accused. Assange demanded compensation from the country's government for legal costs in the amount of 900,000 euros.
Earlier, in 2015, Swedish prosecutors also dropped three charges against him due to the statute of limitations.
Where did the rape investigation lead?
Assange arrived in Sweden in the summer of 2010, hoping to get protection from US authorities. But he was under investigation for rape. In November 2010, a warrant for his arrest was issued in Stockholm, and Assange was put on the international wanted list. He was detained in London, but was soon released on bail of 240 thousand pounds.
In February 2011, a British court ruled to extradite Assange to Sweden, followed by a series of successful appeals for the founder of WikiLeaks.
The British authorities placed him under house arrest before deciding to extradite him to Sweden. Breaking his promise to the authorities, Assange asked for asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, which was granted to him. Since then, the UK has had its own grievances against the founder of WikiLeaks.
What's next for Assange?
The man was re-arrested at the request of the United States for extradition for publishing classified documents, police said. At the same time, Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Duncan said that Assange would not be sent to the United States if he faced the death penalty there.
In the UK, Assange is likely to appear in court on the afternoon of 11 April. This is stated on the WikiLeaks Twitter page. It is likely that the British authorities will seek a maximum sentence of 12 months, the man's mother said, citing his lawyer.
At the same time, the Swedish prosecutor's office is considering reopening the investigation into the rape allegation. Lawyer Elizabeth Massey Fritz, who represented the interests of the victim, will seek this.
In Moscow, during an uncoordinated opposition rally "We demand answers" on Tverskaya Street. In terms of the number of arrests, the rally thus approached the action "He is not Dimon to you" on March 26, when more than 2,000 people got into paddy wagons. However, the differences from the action almost three months ago were significant. About the main ones - in the DW report.
Split in the ranks of the opposition
The anti-corruption rally of supporters of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny was authorized by the authorities and was supposed to take place on June 12 at 14.00 on Academician Sakharov Avenue in Moscow, but at the last moment the organizers' plans changed. The night before, Navalny announced on his website that due to the impossibility of reaching an agreement with sound equipment suppliers, the rally would take the form of a peaceful procession along Tverskaya Street. According to the politician, the mayor's office issued a ban on the installation of sound, which is a violation of the constitution and a humiliation of the opposition.
Some of Navalny's followers and traditionally government-critical figures reacted unexpectedly harshly to his call, saying that he uses people as "cannon fodder" without concern for their safety. For example, Vladislav Inozemtsev, director of the Center for Post-Industrial Society Studies, wrote on his Facebook page: "Aleksey suggested that citizens take a step that is extremely dangerous for them. I would not advise anyone to succumb to this call." Those who agreed with this position decided not to abandon the idea of a rally against Sakharov and to come there.
Other oppositionists, in particular the editor-in-chief of Ezhednevny Zhurnal Alexander Ryklin, called these plans cowardice and spoilers. "And why are you going there (to Sakharov. - Ed.) will you go? Have you already made up your mind to protest, but is it dumb to go out on Tverskaya? Yes, come on! We won't even notice... Better stay at home," he wrote.
As a result, two opposition actions took place in Moscow at once. At the same time, the capital was splendidly celebrating the Day of Russia - several dozen venues hosted concerts and the Times and Epochs festival, which is a large-scale historical reconstruction. On June 12, it was dedicated to the victories of Russia.
Total renovation to help the special services
The procession on Tverskaya on June 12 differed from the action on March 26 mainly in that a huge number of construction fences and equipment appeared on the sidewalks and the roadway, preventing the passage of people. As a result, Navalny's plans, who, as in March, proposed to walk along Tverskaya Street towards the Kremlin, were violated, and people moved chaotically, both up - towards Mayakovskaya and Belorusskaya, and down, diverging into side streets in the hope of finding an opportunity to get to Tverskaya in the place where there will be no fences or special forces columns.
By the beginning of the event, part of the exits from the Tverskaya metro station was closed, and by 15:00, access to the underground passage leading to the metro was open only to the entrance. Citizens were asked to enter the city through the Chekhovskaya station. Among the lost and confused people there were many elderly people who, due to stuffiness and pressure, did not know how to find their way. The loudspeakers announced that the action had not been agreed upon, and suggested that those who wished to go to the agreed rally - on Sakharov Square.
Since the action took place on Russia Day, Navalny suggested that supporters paint the Russian tricolor on their faces and take Russian flags with them. There were very few people with symbols on their cheeks, and there were few who carried flags.
As the girl who sold the flags told DW, there are buyers, but not many. Only a few met with large flags. In particular, at the Izvestiya newspaper building on Pushkinskaya, two young men with banners gathered a large crowd around them, which from time to time chanted the traditional opposition slogans: "Russia without Putin", "We are the power here." And when the spetsnaz column tried to divide the crowd, - "Shame!"
Detentions on Tverskaya Street and "sterile" rally on Sakharov Street
However, there were no arrests. One of the first to be detained was Alexei Navalny himself - in the entrance of his own house. In accordance with Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation by the organizer of a public event of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting. - Ed.), he faces a sanction of a maximum of 30 days of arrest. On the evening of June 12, he was taken to the Simonovsky District Court.
Context
By 7 pm Moscow time, more than 730 people, according to the human rights media project OVD-Info, were also detained among the marchers. They were taken to 39 police departments. Among them are minors, foreign citizens and journalists. Some, according to OVD-Info, were beaten, in particular, for disobedience to police officers who forbade the use of mobile phones.
Despite the coordination of the action, the arrest took place on Sakharov Avenue - the main organizer of the action, the director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), Roman Rubanov, fell into the hands of the police. According to him, he tried to draw the attention of the police to the fact that people who were not declared at the event were speaking from the stage, after which he was detained. The rest of the rally on Sakharov passed quietly. His main topic was the fight against the demolition of "Khrushchev" in Moscow. During the event, activists collected signatures for the resignation of the Moscow government. The action ended around 16.00, leaving the participants with mixed feelings. "The rally on Sakharov turned out to be degenerate," one of the observers shared on her Facebook.
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