俄反對派莫斯科中心抗議 15人被捕

【新唐人2012年2月1日訊】俄羅斯反對派星期二（1月31日）在莫斯科市中心舉行抗議活動，並表示，星期六將發動新一輪更大規模的抗議示威活動。警方在當天的活動中逮捕了15人。

1月31號，大約70位示威者聚集在俄羅斯首都中心廣場附近的人行道上進行抗議活動，該廣場是“31號”抗議的傳統地點。一些人撒傳單，一些人高呼反政府的口號。而警察則包圍了廣場。

人權活動家和克里姆林宮的反對者們已經籌劃在每個大月的31號舉行示威活動。數字“31”具有像征意義，特指俄羅斯憲法第31條，該條法律保障公民自由集會的權利。

艾麗娜•卡爾梅科娃（Irina Kalmykova）是抗議者之一。她表示，到這裡來示威，是為了爭取憲法所規定的自由集會的權利。

艾麗娜•卡爾梅科娃（Irina Kalmykova）：“我想表達我有關公民權利的看法，因為權力結構已經惡化，以致他們不再在乎人民。”

俄羅斯媒體援引警方的消息說，有15名參加集會的抗議人士被警方逮捕。

俄羅斯反對派計劃在2月4日在全國主要城市發動新一輪更大規模的遊行和抗議示威。與去年12月的反政府示威的區別是，星期六的活動將以遊行為主，遊行結束後將是集會。

新唐人記者劉迪綜合報導。

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 31, 2012) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH TRIUMPHALNAYA SQUARE PAST JOURNALISTS AND POLICE

2. PROTESTER UNFURLS POSTER, PROTESTER WITH BADGE READING '31'

3. POLICE IN RIOT GEAR

4. VARIOUS OF WOMAN HOLDING UP A PIECE OF PAPER READING '31'

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) PROTESTER IRINA KALMYKOVA, SAYING:

"I want to express my views on civil rights, as the power structures have deteriorated so that they don't feel the people any more."

6. VARIOUS AS POLICE CORDON MOVES PEOPLE OUT OF ROAD IN SQUARE

7. POLICE IN RIOT GEAR

8. PROTESTERS WITH PLACARDS SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS AND POLICE

9. POLICE ARREST PROTESTER

10. PROTESTER HOLDING MAKESHIFT POSTER READING IN RUSSIAN 'NO PUTIN'

11. WOMAN WITH ANTI-PUTIN PLACARD, POLICE ARREST HER AND PROTESTER IRINA KALMYKOVA

12. POLICE ARREST WOMAN HOLDING ANTI-PUTIN PLACARD IN GERMAN

13. VARIOUS AS CORDON OF POLICE IN RIOT GEAR MOVE ALONG STREET CLEARING SIDEWALK

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Russian police detained 15 protesters who gathered in freezing temperatures in central Moscow on Tuesday (January 31), according to Russian media which cited police sources.

Police ringed Moscow's Triumphalnaya Square, the traditional site of the '31st' protests in the Russian capital, as about 70 protesters gathered on the sidewalk, with some of them tossing leaflets and chanting anti-government slogans.

Rights activists and Kremlin opponents have been staging demonstrations on the last day of each month with 31 days, in a symbolic reference to the right to free assembly guaranteed in Article 31 of Russia's constitution.

One of the protesters, Irina Kalmykova, said she was there to demonstrate for her constitutional right to free assembly.

"I want to express my views on civil rights, as the power structures have deteriorated so that they don't feel the people any more," she said.

The arrests at Triumphalnaya were in sharp contrast to the Kremlin's recent softer tone towards Russian opposition supporters who have staged protests since a disputed Dec. 4 State Duma poll brought thousands to the streets to demand new elections and an end to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule.