Krasnodar City Hall denied permission to hold a rally in the Yubileiny microdistrict.

The Krasnodar Department of Internal Policy has suggested that residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict, who are opposed to the embankment development, attend a rally 10 kilometers from the planned church site.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on January 16, despite protests from residents, the mayor of Krasnodar approved the planning plan for the Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment in the Yubileiny microdistrict, where the church is planned to be built. On January 29, Krasnodar City Duma deputies approved a decision to seize part of a park for the construction of a church. A month earlier, on December 15, 2025, residents of Krasnodar's Yubileyny microdistrict, protesting against embankment development, recorded a video message to Vladimir Putin, but their issue was not aired during the president's direct line. On December 17, 2025, Krasnodar City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov was summoned to the police because of this video message; a Krasnodar official filed a denunciation against him. On January 26 and 29, pickets were held in defense of the embankment and demanding the resignation of Mayor Yevgeny Naumov.

The public discussion of the church construction plans lasted a week, but not everyone was able to participate. Residents distributed leaflets and held pickets. Activists submitted an application to the administration for a rally against the development of a green zone, but they were only allowed to rally in Klenovy Park, which is located 10 kilometers from the microdistrict.

The Krasnodar administration denied residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict permission to hold a rally of up to 1,000 participants against the development of the embankment (including religious sites) and the change in the status of the recreational zone, the Krasnodar Yubileiny Telegram channel reported.

According to the document attached to the publication, received from the Department of Internal Policy of the Krasnodar City Administration, it was impossible for residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict of Krasnodar to hold a rally on this February evening from 7 to 9 p.m. due to the fact that someone got ahead of the Yubileiny initiative group and submitted an application to hold another public event, namely On this day, at this hour, and at this exact location. The organizers of the rally against the construction of a church on the embankment have been offered an alternative location for the rally: Krasnodar, Prikubansky Intracity District, Section 1 - Department of the "Kuban" Educational Farm, on the territory of the "Klenovy" Square, at the stated time. The activists' intended date for the rally is concealed in the document.

According to information on the Yandex Maps service, the distance from Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment to the "Klenovy" Square is approximately 10 kilometers.

"Now the initiative group must decide whether to hold the rally at the "Kuban" Educational Farm or abandon the plan to hold the rally on this date and submit a new application a week later, but in their own Yubileyny Microdistrict," reads the post, which had garnered 17 comments by 10:37 a.m. Moscow time.

Some users suggested more active application processes for rallies. "I wonder if if we inundate the administration with rallies every Saturday, will they finally start holding events in the district?" J K. inquired.

The situation isn't just opaque, it's murky. They're the Department of Internal Policy, after all. You can't even get the details of the announced rallies from them. Let's say you hear about a rally and ask the DVP whether it's legal, what its goals are, and who the organizers are. They refer you to those calling the rally for details. "Like, it's their responsibility," Vitaly Cherkasov responded.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in November, opponents of the construction of the church in Yubileiny, together with representatives of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, began collecting signatures demanding the resignation of Mayor Yevgeny Naumov.

In September 2024, residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict of Krasnodar protested against the development of Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment, where, according to the city's new general plan, a church was planned. They explained that this was the only major recreation area in the neighborhood. Activists collected signatures for a petition to Governor Veniamin Kondratyev against the development of Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment. More than 3,000 signatures were collected. Activist Vitaly Cherkasov and City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov were detained while collecting signatures and fined by the court. However, in November, City Duma deputies adopted a new general plan despite protests from residents.

Residents of the neighborhood actively protested against the development of the embankment, explaining that this was the only major recreation area in the neighborhood. However, in November 2024, City Duma deputies href="https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/406027">adopted a new general plan despite their protests.

Back in December 2021, activists protested against the construction of a new church on the embankment in Krasnodar, and residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict also protested. Embankment defenders believe it is necessary to build educational and leisure facilities for children in the microdistrict. In January 2022, activist Yana Antonova held a solo picket against the transfer of a plot of land on the embankment to the Russian Orthodox Church for the construction of a church.