On the eve of St. Petersburg, the actions dedicated to the Independence Day of Ukraine were held, Radio Liberty reports..

The first action was held near the metro station "Petrogradskaya" - on the evening of August 24, several dozen people came to the people's gathering to the monument of Shevchenko, to once again condemn the Russian aggression in Ukraine and support Ukrainian soldiers. On a special poster, people left their signatures and wishes, which are then sent to Ukraine.

Organized the meeting Anti-war Committee. According to his activist Diana Retinskaya, the Independence Day of Ukraine is important not only for this country, it is linked with the future freedom of Russia. The Anti-War Committee believes that the Russian oppositionists in vain ignore the anti-war agenda, that the society needs to constantly work on realizing the fact that Russia has shown aggression towards many countries.

During the national gathering, its participants sang songs, read poems by Taras Shevchenko in Ukrainian, and then went to Nevsky Prospect and joined another action on the same occasion organized by the activists of the St. Petersburg democratic movement Solidarity. It was a national gathering "Congratulations to Ukraine on Independence Day! ", It was attended by about 100 people to wish Ukraine the restoration of territorial integrity, peace and prosperity in the family of European peoples. Participants in this action also believe that Russia is an aggressor who occupied part of a foreign territory, that one can not remain silent complicit in the Russian government and that war with Ukraine is a shame for Russia.

Several people stood in solitary pickets. Activists demanded to stop the Russian military presence in the occupied territories of Ukraine. The police watched the action and even tried to force its participants to turn off the Ukrainian flags, but could not answer the question, what means of agitation is the flag - if it can not be held at a national gathering. As a result, the people's assembly moved to the other side of Nevsky Prospekt and continued at the Kazan Cathedral.