During the protest on Tverskaya Street in Moscow, "detentions are very highly probable," and not only participants in the rally, but also ordinary passers-by can detain.

Such a forecast was given to the "Observer" by the Russian politician, the president of the All-Russian Public Movement "Union of Right Forces" Leonid Gozman.

"You can expect anything on Tverskaya Street. Maybe just block all approaches to the street. They will say: here is the event. By the way, there is also some kind of reconstruction. Accordingly, there simply can not let anyone in.. But I think detentions are very highly probable, "the politician said..

"If they begin to detain, as they did on March 26, it means that people who simply walked along the street. It's the same street, the city center, "he added..

At the same time, Gozman recalled that for more than a year the Union of Right Forces has been collecting funds to help detainees during protests. "A year and a half ago we collected about 2 million rubles, recently a few hundred thousand".

"Like all previous funds, they will go for first aid to those who are detained," he said.. In this context, Gozman, as a man who was repeatedly detained, said that "when a person is brought to the police, it is extremely important that at that point there is a qualified person, better - with a lawyer status that can help him. Just not so scary ".

"It really helps. About 200 people received support in a year. Instead of arrest, they paid a small fine, or instead of a fine - they were just released, "the politician said..

Speaking about the reasons for the transfer of shares from Sakharov Avenue to Tverskaya because of problems with contractors, Gozman said: "It's very difficult for me to judge, since I have no relation to the organizers of the rally. I only know what they say. But I know that such things are possible with us. We can put pressure on business - it's true ".

He cited his own example. "When the 150th anniversary of the abolition of serfdom in Russia was celebrated, we tried to hang up a waist with a quote from Emperor Alexander II, who, in response to a question from the nobles:" Sire, do you really want to abolish serfdom? ", Said:" Serfdom must be abolished from above, until it itself is not abolished from below ". I wanted to hang this phrase, but not a single Moscow company agreed to this. I said: "This is not an oppositionist, it was said by the Orthodox Tsar". To which they answered me: "Everybody understands what you want to say".

"There can be any problems with that business and with the person who does this. Therefore it is quite possible that what the organizers of the rally said is the truth, "the oppositionist added..

As the "Observer" wrote, on the eve of the planned anti-corruption rally in Moscow, which was to be held on Sakharov Avenue, its organizer, oppositionist Aleksei Navalny, made a speech in which he said that there were problems with suppliers of sound equipment and scenes that suddenly Began to refuse cooperation. He announced a rally on Tverskaya Street, which was not coordinated with the authorities.

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