Police and the National Guard of Russia provide security at the event.
MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. More than 130,000 people have come to participate in the rally dubbed For Strong Russia in Moscow on Saturday, the Interior Ministry's representative Irina Volk told TASS on Saturday.
"The
rally For Strong Russia, organized at the Luzhniki sports complex features more
than 130,000 participants," she said. "The police and Russian Guard
provide order and security at the event."
The rally
in support for presidential candidate Vladimir Putin began at midday on
Saturday. The candidate’s election headquarters said the event "is paid
for from the election fund," and the candidate will report the expenses to
the Central Election Committee, to be published on the Committee’s website.
The
headquarters’ press secretary, Andrei Kondrashov, said 299 Russian and 125
foreign reporters had been accredited to the event. They represent the media
from the U.S., Japan, Spain, Germany, China, the UK, France, Denmark, he added.
Source: ITAR-TASS 03-03-2018
