The State Duma finally approved the law on renovation in Moscow amid lukewarm protests from liberals
At a meeting on Wednesday, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the third and final reading a law on housing renovation in Moscow, providing for the demolition of Khrushchev-era apartment buildings and the relocation of their residents to new houses. 399 deputies voted in favor, two against, and one abstained.
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“The renovation law is the most resonant of all that were considered in the State Duma of the seventh convocation. It is clear why: it concerns the inviolability of private property rights. The task of Parliament was to ensure that this right was not violated. Our task was to hear the minority - those who protest, including on the streets. They said yesterday: you in the State Duma did everything so that we would not have arguments,” said United Russia deputy Pyotr Tolstoy.
He expressed hope that those protesting against the renovation will be able to take part in the working group and propose “an effective agenda for monitoring compliance with the rights of Muscovites,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Indeed, about 100 people opposed to the renovation gathered today in front of the central entrance to the State Duma. Those who held posters were detained by the police. The first detainee was the leader of the Moscow organization of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, who unfurled a poster “Renovation is violence, lack of rights, lawlessness.” In total, according to various sources, 10-13 people were detained.
At the same time, supporters of renovation gathered at the tenth entrance of the State Duma. There were more of them, and the police did not touch them.
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