【新唐人2012年2月1日讯】俄罗斯反对派星期二（1月31日）在莫斯科市中心举行抗议活动，并表示，星期六将发动新一轮更大规模的抗议示威活动。警方在当天的活动中逮捕了15人。
1月31号，大约70位示威者聚集在俄罗斯首都中心广场附近的人行道上进行抗议活动，该广场是“31号”抗议的传统地点。一些人撒传单，一些人高呼反政府的口号。而警察则包围了广场。
人权活动家和克里姆林宫的反对者们已经筹划在每个大月的31号举行示威活动。数字“31”具有象征意义，特指俄罗斯宪法第31条，该条法律保障公民自由集会的权利。
艾丽娜•卡尔梅科娃（Irina Kalmykova）是抗议者之一。她表示，到这里来示威，是为了争取宪法所规定的自由集会的权利。
艾丽娜•卡尔梅科娃（Irina Kalmykova）：“我想表达我有关公民权利的看法，因为权力结构已经恶化，以致他们不再在乎人民。”
俄罗斯媒体援引警方的消息说，有15名参加集会的抗议人士被警方逮捕。
俄罗斯反对派计划在2月4日在全国主要城市发动新一轮更大规模的游行和抗议示威。与去年12月的反政府示威的区别是，星期六的活动将以游行为主，游行结束后将是集会。
新唐人记者刘迪综合报导。
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.
