NEWSLINK: Opposition will have its protest march on December 15

File Photo of Moscow Winter Protest

[Opposition will have its protest march on December 15 – RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW – ITAR-TASS – November 26, 2012 – http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c142/581381.html]

ITAR-TASS covers Russian opposition plans to hold a combined protest march in mid-December, as well as a split in alleged opposition goals:

The opposition’s second meeting of the Coordinating Council managed to agree on a date of a new march. It would be called March of Freedom. The action is due December 15. On Saturday, the Council announced three major slogans for the upcoming event: “Down with Dictatorship and Repressions”, “Freedom to Political Prisoners” and a demand to have new federal elections.

Meanwhile the Coordinating Council split into two groups as they cannot decide whether to try influencing the regime or to overthrow it immediately, the Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports. The newspaper quotes commentators as saying they explain the situation by the fact the Coordinating Council tries to keep distance from Sergei Udaltsov. Experts say the main reason the Left Front’s leader is pushed to the background was not a personal dislike from the Council members, but rather a desire to return the liberal electorate back to protest rallies.

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