03 July 2018, 08:22
Rostov activist summoned to police after flash mob "They've robbed us to panties!"
Rostov-on-Don law enforcers have called the activist Anastasia Shevchenko and warned her about the inadmissibility of extremism. However, Anastasia believes that her stripping action helped to draw attention to the problem.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 28, activists of the Democratic Coalition held a flash mob against the pension reform, appearing in streets of Rostov-on-Don without clothes covered with posters "They've robbed us to panties!"
According to the pension reform bill, in Russia, it is proposed to raise the retirement age for men from 60 to 65 years, and for women – from 55 to 63 years.
The action initiated by Rostov activists was supported in other regions of Russia, Anastasia Shevchenko told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to her story, on July 1, in Kazan, activist Dmitry Rumyantsev supported the flash mob – he undressed in the street and covered himself with a poster "They've robbed us to panties!" The action triggered a discussion and gave fruit – it helped to draw attention to the problem, Anastasia believes.
"Apart from comments on the very format of the action, there are statements that people are indeed being robbed; and officials are mocking at people," she told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
"There were no problems during the flash mob, everything passed peacefully, but the police have already phoned and asked to come to receive a warning about extremism," said Anastasia Shevchenko.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 2, 2018 at 09:45 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Author: Vyacheslav Prudnikov Source: CK correspondent
