The initiative on banning rallies is not put
forward by the Kremlin, the spokesman stresses.
MOSCOW, January 17. /TASS/. The Kremlin has not given any instructions for the Russian regions on banning opposition rallies, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.
"No, the Kremlin has not given any instructions and making these decisions is absolutely a matter of the regions and regional authorities," Peskov said answering a question if the Russian presidential administration had ordered the regions to ban opposition rallies, including blogger Alexey Navalny’s rally in the Sverdlovsk region, in the Urals.
Peskov
stressed that the initiative on banning these rallies is not put forward by the
Kremlin. "The Kremlin believes these decisions should be strictly based on
the norms and rules that are specified by our legislation."
Earlier
reports said Navalny’s headquarters was notified of a ban on holding the rally
on January 28.
Source: ITAR-TASS 17-01-2018
