On Monday, April 6, a request was filed with the Moscow mayor’s office for the authorization of an opposition rally in Moscow’s city center for 30,000 participants.

According to Alexander Ryklin, one of the protest organizers, the request includes several options for a procession route in the center of Moscow.

The organizers of the opposition rally scheduled for April 19 include the liberal party RPR-PARNAS (which had been co-chaired by slain politician Boris Nemtsov), liberal political movement Solidarnost, and other opposition groups.

A similar event called the “Spring anti-crisis march” had been previously scheduled for March 1, but was cancelled after the murder of Boris Nemtsov on February 27. A march of mourning of Nemtsov was held in central Moscow instead.