Vyacheslav Rybakov, a member of Artpodgotovka ("Artillery training") movement, pickets holding a sign: "The absence of justice is a direct road to revolution." Source: Facebook.
We continue our partnership with OVD-Info, an NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests in Russia. Every Friday, we bring you the latest information on freedom of assembly.
This week’s update on freedom of assembly in Russia focuses on the persecution of supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev who, since 2013, has been promising a revolution on 5 November 2017. Maltsev himself has left the country, and his nationalist-populist movement Artpodgotovka has been designated as “extremist”. Maltsev has urged his supporters to occupy city centres on 5 November 2017 and remain there until President Vladimir Putin resigns from office.
