On Sunday, June 1, in many cities of Russia there were protests against pension reform.

The initiator of the rallies was the Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny, who received the appropriate permission of the authorities in 31 cities. At the same time, the coordinated protests also announced the parties Yabloko, Just Russia, the Communist Party and the Liberal Democratic Party.

In particular, the rallies were held in such cities as Krasnodar, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Omsk, Irkutsk, Tomsk and others..

Despite the terrible sound and pitiful scene that the applicants organized us, people are simply an incredible amount of pic. twitter. com / aRduV0jJLl - Navalny's headquarters in Omsk (@teamnavalny_om) July 1, 2018 In Chelyabinsk at a rally against raising the retirement age, the environmental problems of the region were discussed https: // t. co / MQvvU0XW8S pic.

twitter. com / 0S4C6ugeMQ - Present Time (@CurrentTimeTv) July 1, 2018 (Officially uncoordinated) rally of supporters @navalny in Belgorod against pension reform pic. twitter. com / T2nuNVsAjF - Kornev (@ che0cafe) July 1, 2018 Recall that within the framework of the pension reform the authorities plan to raise the retirement age to 65 years for men and 63 years for women. The corresponding bill has already been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.