100 Tyumen residents protest disqualification of KPRF candidate
A rally in support of fined communist Nikolai Bondarenko took place in Tyumen. A spontaneous rally supporting Nikolai Bondarenko, a member of the Communist Party of Russia fined under an article on 'extremism', was held in Tyumen's guide park.
Consensus
- About a hundred residents of Tyumen participated in a protest rally.
- The rally was held in the Gaid-Parke in Komsomolsky Square on the outskirts ofTyumen.
- The protest was in support of Nikolai Bondarenko, an expelled KPRF candidate.
- Bondarenko was disqualified from running in the elections due to an extremism-related conviction.
- The rally was announced only one day before it took place.
- Police were present at the event, photographed participants, and recorded video, but did not interfere.
- Participants carried banners demanding that Bondarenko not be removed from the elections.
Points of divergence
- The rally adopted a resolution addressed to Vladimir Putin, accusing authorities of a new 'witch hunt' against popular leaders, comparing current actions to those of the 1990s under Surkov, Karaulov, and Gelman. — tg_echoonline_news
- The rally was organized by the local branch of the KPRF. — tg_horizontal_russia
- The protest was described as a spontaneous rally, and the article lists multiple other candidates from various regions who were also removed from elections, including from Yabloko and other parties. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
Coverage (4 sources)
- About 100 residents of Tyumen went to a rally against the removal of Nikolai Bondarenko from the elections — ЭХО / Новости
- About a hundred Tyumen residents went to a rally in support of fined Saratov communist Bondarenko. The rally began in the guide-park... — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- Protest in defense of fined communist Nikolai Bondarenko took place in Tyumen — Говорит НеМосква
- About a hundred Tyumen residents went to a rally in support of fined Saratov communist Bondarenko — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия