April 1, 2012

Red Square is closed due to protest actions


photo by Vladimir Varfolomeev found in Twitter

Today Red Square is closed. And it is not an April 1st joke. Protest actions planned on Red Square forced police to restrict access to entire square. Action moved to the nearest square Manezhnaya, where about 30 people was arrested.
Red Square is restricted area.

People on the Manezhnaya Square

White ribbon, the symbol of opposition protest in Russia, with label "For Russia without Putin", on the closed gates to the Red Square. Photo by Vladimir Varfolomeev found in Twitter.