RIA Novosti’s International News Service will cover Saturday’s march and a rally demanding fair presidential elections and a rally by supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow in English, Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Arabic and Persian languages. The coverage of these events will include video reports in these languages from the sites of the march and rallies.
English-language coverage on Saturday will include breaking news, a general news story updated periodically throughout the day, an analysis (shortly after the demonstration concludes), and many details from the venues.
RIA Novosti’s English-language en.rian.ru and Russian-language RIA.ru websites will start online reporting from the site of the march and the rally demanding fair elections at 12:00 noon local time (08:00 GMT). Online reporting from the rally of the Putin supporters will start at 12:30 pm local time (08:30 GMT). The rallies and the march were authorized by the Moscow City Hall.
Up to 30,000 people have signed up on social networks as of Friday saying they will participate in the march and the rally for fair elections. Prime Minister Putin seeks to return to the Kremlin for a third, non-consecutive term in the presidential poll on March 4. This is the third massive street action of this kind after the December parliamentary elections marred by allegations of fraud in favor of Putin’s United Russia party.
The Putin supporters' rally is expected to be attended by 15,000 people, according to the organizers.
