Dissenters' March
The Dissenters' March (Russian: Марш несогласных) was a series of Russian opposition protests that took place on December 16, 2006 in Moscow, on March 3, 2007 in Saint Petersburg, on March 24, 2007 in Nizhny Novgorod, on April 14, 2007 for the second time in Moscow, on April 15, 2007 again in Saint Petersburg, on May 18, 2007 in Samara, and on May 19, 2007 in Chelyabinsk. Some of them were featured in various media outlets.
Protesters at the meeting near Gostiny Dvor, Saint Petersburg, March 3, 2007 | |
| Native name | Марш несогласных |
|---|---|
| Date | December 16, 2006 – May 19, 2007 |
| Location | Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Chelyabinsk |
| Organised by | Garry Kasparov Mikhail Kasyanov Eduard Limonov |
| Filmed by | Alyona Polunina (The Revolution That Wasn't) |
| Participants | Coalition The Other Russia National Bolshevik Party United Civil Front Vanguard of Red Youth Russian People's Democratic Union |
It was preceded by opposition rallies in Russian cities in December 2005 which involved fewer people.
Most of the protests were unsanctioned. Usually, the authorities of the cities where the march was expected to take place have proposed protesters to meet at some more peripheral place and forbade processions. However, according to Russian legislation (prior to the Russo-Ukrainian War), organizers of a march should merely inform the authorities of the upcoming event and do not need a sanction, while the authorities have no right to prohibit a march in the specific places where it has been planned by the opposition, and demonstrators have usually defied the ban (apart from the rally in Saint Petersburg on April 15, 2007).
Since 2009, instead of dissenters marches, Russian opposition has held Strategy-31 rallies, though some of them have been accompanied by attempts of processions.