RBC: Putin will take part in a rally-concert in Luzhniki on February 22

The Kremlin plans to hold a large-scale rally-concert on February 22, presumably, President Vladimir Putin will take part in it. This was told by three interlocutors of RBC. The event will be held at Luzhniki Stadium. One of the sources indicates that the rally will be a continuation of the president’s address to the Federal Assembly, which will take place on February 21.

According to one of the sources, this year the Kremlin wants to hold a message to the Federal Assembly as close as possible to the anniversary of the start of the military operation in Ukraine – February 24. The presidential address is planned to be held the day before the rally-concert – February 21 – sources say.

At the same time, earlier State Duma deputies Denis Parfenov (KPRF) and Evgeny Moskvichev (United Russia) spokethat the message to the Federal Assembly may take place on February 22, the anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.

Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said he had “nothing to say yet” about the Luzhniki concert. According to sources, in addition to a rally-concert at the stadium, venues on a military-patriotic theme can be organized, but a final decision has not yet been made.

On March 18, 2022, on the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Puti took part in a rally-concert in Luzhniki. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the stadium then came more than 95 thousand people. At that speech, Vladimir Putin declaredthat the main goal of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine is to rid the Donbass “of genocide.”

How Luzhniki received Vladimir Putin on March 18, 2022 – read the material “A rally is better than life”.

Anastasia Larina