In the afternoon of March 8, several shares dedicated to the International Women's Day took place in St. Petersburg. Some of them were directed against discrimination, part - supported traditional values.
More than 100 feminists passed the column on the Nevsky Prospect and stood in single pickets, demanding the adoption of the law on domestic violence and freedom of political prisoners. The movement of the "Dead Party" arranged a photo session in a cemetery, attracting attention to the problem of violence against women.
At the same time, in the Catherine Garden, several dozen men raised women in their hands, and in Kolpin, young people in the image of Stas Mikhailov sang the song "Everything for You." "Paper" tells how these shares passed.
At 14:00 at the metro station "Chernyshevskaya" began the inconsistent procession of feminists, which announced the movement "The Eighth Initiative Group". 100 women and men gathered for stock for the law on domestic violence, the liberation of political prisoners and the struggle with female poverty gathered 100 women and men. They reached the Small Sadovaya, mowing chastushki about gender inequality.
Single pickets passed on a small garden. The posters were devoted to the problems of gender discrimination, family and police violence, and also supported the right to use any cosmetics and feminis. Next to the protesters were on duty for three silovikov. More photos can be seen here.
On the shares of the picketers simply checked documents. At the same time, the feminist and artist Katrin Neshev reported the detention. The activist said that she was allegedly wanted because of the "upcoming radical event." In the video, nonsense is responsible for not planned such shares. After the arrest, she stopped going to communicate.
The movement of the "Dead Party" also held a campaign in honor of March 8. Activists in skeleton masks photographed on a cemetery with posters "What are all beautiful, happy, dead," "We will revenge for violence even after death" and "For Patriarchate a good woman is a dead woman."
"Party of the Dead"
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- Every day of dead women becomes more. They replenish our batch not only in their will and not only "natural" way. Every day, women are dying from domestic violence. Feminicide is one of the most banal evils. And this is only the top of the pyramid erected violence (state-police, economic, reproductive: women who cannot realize their right to abortion can always join our ranks).
At the same time, in the Catherine Garden, the action "Supports girls" was held, organized by the "volunteer martial fraternity", which sets itself the task of patriotic education of young people. The organizers claim that in the square more than 400 men gave flowers to girls and raised their whaleters on their hands, "expressing support in the literal and figurative sense." There are several dozen participants in the photos.
According to the fifth canal, a similar action passed at the Rosinstein's proficient house on the square of Lion Tolstoy. There, men dressed in the form of the Russian Imperial Army, gave tulips girls.
The administration of the Kolpinsky district of St. Petersburg on March 8 published a video, where 30 men with a painted beard (in the image of Stas Mikhailov) sing the song "Everything for You". In the plot, a woman in hair curlers is cleaned at home, turns on the TV and sees this clip. According to officials, the roller prepared "youth" to congratulate local residents.
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Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Belflov released a congratulation with the "first and most gentle spring holiday" on his page in VKontakte.
Alexander Belflov
Governor of Petersburg
- Over the past year, including a female share, a lot of worries and excitement fell. But residents of our city were always famous for selflessness and hard work and therefore sought astounding success in any activities. Today, with a special trepidation I want to celebrate simpler, but such important your qualities - kindness, care and spiritual heat. Thank you for the ability to create comfort and provide support, inspire and direct.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also congratulated women from March 8. He emphasized that girls bring "harmony, tenderness, beauty and the strongest, clean, disinterested feeling - unconditional maternal love."
On March 7, the congratulations released the Military Commissariat of the Leningrad region. The head of the department for working with citizens Yuri Chromov proposed to girls to celebrate former partners to "meet them in draft points." The video was published in Instagram of the regional administration.
And on March 6, the press service of the ZVO and Rosgvadlia reported that the security forces in combat equipment gave flowers to girls on the street.
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