On Sakharov Avenue in Moscow, a rally sanctioned by the authorities against the renovation program of the capital's housing began, the RAPSI. "The event is calm, no violations have been identified," the law enforcement officer told the agency.. As the correspondent of "Interfax" reports, people brought posters, banners and flags of their districts. Passage to the venue of the action is carried out through a number of frames, citizens are allowed to go there in groups, so that there is not a crush. The head of the regional security department of the capital, Vladimir Chernikov, said that the authorized number of participants in the rally - up to five thousand people. On May 13, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin submitted to the Moscow City Duma a bill providing for the introduction of 12 additional guarantees for residents of the capital's houses that fall into the renovation program. So, according to the document, residents of demolished five-story buildings at any time will be able to refuse to participate in their home renovation program. The corresponding decision should be taken at the general meeting of the owners and tenants of apartments. The law will enter into force after the adoption of a similar federal law, which is now under consideration in the State Duma. In early May, the mayor's office published a list of houses that may include in the Moscow program of renovation of residential areas. In total, there were 4546 objects. The list includes five-story buildings of the first period of industrial housing construction and some other similar houses that are in unsatisfactory technical condition. The order for the demolition of all Moscow Khrushchev and the erection of new housing in their place Sobyanin was given by Russian President Vladimir Putin in February.

Original article: A rally against the demolition of five-story buildings began in Moscow.