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Presidential Council for Human Rights to monitor Saturday rally

Council members Nikolai Svanidze and Kirill Kabanov will head the groups of observers
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MOSCOW, December 15 (Itar-Tass) — Members of the presidential Council for Human Rights will oversee the observance of human rights during the opposition march scheduled for Saturday, the head of the Council, Mikhail Fedotov, said on Friday.

Earlier, the Council for Human Rights expressed “extreme concern” in connection with the fact that the Moscow Mayor’s Office and the opposition had failed to coordinate the route of the march that the opposition schedules for December 15. Council members Nikolai Svanidze and Kirill Kabanov will head the groups of observers.