The use of victory banners will be allowed during the procession in the Immortal Regiment, the administration of the governor of the Perm region informed the coordinator of the Perm branch of the “Essence of Time” movement, Pavel Guryanov, correspondent of the agency Krasnaya Vesna news station. reports on April 16.
“On the issue of the ban on the use of the Victory Banner during the event, I inform you that in accordance with Article 1 of the Federal Law of 05/07/2007 No. 68-FZ “On the Victory Banner” (hereinafter referred to as According to the Federal Law, the Victory Banner is the assault flag of the 150th Order of Kutuzov, II degree of the Idritskaya Rifle Division, erected on May 1, 1945 on the Reichstag building in Berlin. The Banner of Victory is the official symbol of the victory of the Soviet people and their Armed Forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, a state relic of Russia.
In accordance with Article 2 of the Federal Law, during solemn events dedicated to Victory Day, celebrated, including by public associations, Victory Day and other days associated with the events of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 , copies of the Banner of Victory can be delivered. It can be used. At the same time, the appearance of the copies of the Banner of Victory must correspond to the appearance of the Banner of Victory.”– reported in the letter I Head of the Administration of the Governor of the Perm Territory LV Politov.
Recall that last year, in the Rules for visiting the action, established by the coordinators of the action A. Otmakhova, a ban on the use of flags, including the Banner of Victory, was introduced. As a result, police officers did not allow citizens with signs to enter or forcibly removed them from the columns. The prosecutor’s office later declared this ban illegal and charged the officials with administrative responsibility.
The day before in Perm there was The “Civil Initiative” association was created “May 9 with the Banner of Victory!” It included representatives of the social movement “Essence of Time”, the civil committee “In defense of cultural heritage”, headed by the secretary of the Union of Writers of Russia Igor Tyulenev, representatives of the “Great Fatherland” party, military veterans, officers. , specialists in the field of patriotic education, artists and culture, journalists, teachers and lecturers, social activists.
Members of the association agreed to monitor compliance with the law on the Banner of Victory on May 9 in Perm. They also called for as many Perm residents as possible to participate in the “Immortal Regiment” action with the Banner of Victory. “The city of Perm must restore its trampled honor and the Immortal Regiment must turn red with the Banner of Victory. This should be a festive procession of the winners’ heirs.”says the statement from the “Civic Initiative”.
Let us note that previously, in response to a similar request to ban the Victory Banner in 2019, the Perm police responded that they did not rule out a new ban. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will abide by the restrictive measures established by the coordinator of the “Immortal Regiment” action A. Otmakhova, former editor-in-chief of “Echo of Moscow” in Perm, former employee of the US-funded agency. Television channel TV-2, which believes that “Russians (and most Russians) are the most aggressive and evil nation.”
Source: Rossa Primavera
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