“Here we need to clearly differentiate: the legitimate action agreed upon in the prescribed manner of one nature or another, as well as actions that probably fall under the attempt to organize or involve people in public unrest, are completely different phenomena,” RIA Novosti quotes Peskov.
According to him, "there has been both."
“There was a concerted action and attempts to organize public unrest,” he said.
As Peskov noted, law enforcement officers in this case fulfill their duties, doing everything necessary to stop “such illegitimate attempts”, as well as to ensure security during the agreed actions.
On August 10, an agreed rally was held in Moscow for the admission of independent candidates to the Moscow City Duma elections.
According to police, the event was attended by about 20 thousand people. After the rally, part of the protesters went to the center of Moscow for an illegal procession. 136 people were detained.