MOSCOW: Several thousand other folks took to the streets throughout Russia Sunday to protest a hugely unpopular executive resolution to hike the pension age that has ended in a record hunch in Vladimir Putin's approval ratings.
In an extraordinary display of common public opposition to a central authority proposal, both Kremlin-friendly trade unions and political parties and Putin's most sensible critic Alexei Navalny organised protest rallies in dozens of cities.
Analysts say that growing standard discontent over the reform amid plunging residing standards would possibly present the most critical challenge to Putin all through his nearly 20 years in power.
"Let's be honest: the state pension hike masterminded by Putin and (Prime Minister Dmitry) Medvedev is a true crime," Navalny stated on Instagram ahead of the rallies.
"It is common robbery of tens of millions of people under the guise of 'much-needed reform.'"
Earlier Sunday, protesters rallied in the far-eastern cities of Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur and the Siberian town of Omsk. More protests were expected later in the day.
Navalny stated greater than 3,000 other folks protested in Omsk, tweeting a picture of a town sq. flooded with other folks.
The demonstrations drew other folks from both sides of the political spectrum together with Navalny's supporters, Communists and radical nationalists.
Rallies will not happen in Moscow and different cities internet hosting the World Cup the place protests are banned.
The authorities have proposed raising the pension age to 65 for men and 63 for women, which will be the first such building up in nearly 90 years.
Given Russians' low life expectancy many will not are living lengthy sufficient to obtain a state pension.
More than 2.five million other folks have signed a petition in opposition to the hike.
To sweeten the pill, the government announced the proposed reform the day the World Cup kicked off in Russia.
But greater than 80 % of Russians say they're in opposition to the state pension hike or even state-controlled pollsters registered an extraordinary decline in Putin's stellar approval numbers.
According to the VTsIOM state pollster, the Kremlin chief's approval ratings slumped through a record 14 proportion issues in the house of nearly two weeks -- to 64 % on June 24 from 78 % on June 14 when the measure used to be unveiled.
The final time Putin's approval ratings were so low used to be in January 2014, just months before his recognition skyrocketed following the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
In an extraordinary display of common public opposition to a central authority proposal, both Kremlin-friendly trade unions and political parties and Putin's most sensible critic Alexei Navalny organised protest rallies in dozens of cities.
Analysts say that growing standard discontent over the reform amid plunging residing standards would possibly present the most critical challenge to Putin all through his nearly 20 years in power.
"Let's be honest: the state pension hike masterminded by Putin and (Prime Minister Dmitry) Medvedev is a true crime," Navalny stated on Instagram ahead of the rallies.
"It is common robbery of tens of millions of people under the guise of 'much-needed reform.'"
Earlier Sunday, protesters rallied in the far-eastern cities of Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur and the Siberian town of Omsk. More protests were expected later in the day.
Navalny stated greater than 3,000 other folks protested in Omsk, tweeting a picture of a town sq. flooded with other folks.
The demonstrations drew other folks from both sides of the political spectrum together with Navalny's supporters, Communists and radical nationalists.
Rallies will not happen in Moscow and different cities internet hosting the World Cup the place protests are banned.
The authorities have proposed raising the pension age to 65 for men and 63 for women, which will be the first such building up in nearly 90 years.
Given Russians' low life expectancy many will not are living lengthy sufficient to obtain a state pension.
More than 2.five million other folks have signed a petition in opposition to the hike.
To sweeten the pill, the government announced the proposed reform the day the World Cup kicked off in Russia.
But greater than 80 % of Russians say they're in opposition to the state pension hike or even state-controlled pollsters registered an extraordinary decline in Putin's stellar approval numbers.
According to the VTsIOM state pollster, the Kremlin chief's approval ratings slumped through a record 14 proportion issues in the house of nearly two weeks -- to 64 % on June 24 from 78 % on June 14 when the measure used to be unveiled.
The final time Putin's approval ratings were so low used to be in January 2014, just months before his recognition skyrocketed following the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
Russians protest pension age hike as Putin popularity dips
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