Strategy-31

Strategy-31
Strategy-31 logo
Native name Стратегия-31
DateJuly 31, 2009 (2009-07-31)
Time18:00, on the 31st of every month with 31 days
LocationMoscow, Triumfalnaya Square, Saint Petersburg near Great Gostiny Dvor and other Russian cities
Organised byEduard Limonov, Moscow Helsinki Group, Memorial society, Solidarnost, Oborona, Gayrussia.ru, Movement Against Illegal Immigration, Movement For Human Rights, and other organizations
Participantsrepresentatives of Russian opposition, human rights activists

Strategy-31 (Russian: Страте́гия-31) is a series of civic protests in support of the right to peaceful assembly in Russia guaranteed by Article 31 of the Russian constitution. Since July 31, 2009, the protests were held in Moscow on Triumfalnaya Square on the 31st of every month with 31 days.[1]

The name is an example of a trend in organizations' naming themselves after sections of treaties and law, something that Zachary Elkins has called "chapter-verse branding."[2]

  1. ^ Toepfl, Florian (April 2013). "Making sense of the news in a hybrid regime: how young Russians decode state TV and an oppositional blog" (PDF). Journal of Communication. 63 (4): 244–265. doi:10.1111/jcom.12018.
  2. ^ Elkins, Zachary (April 2, 2021). "The Mutualism of Human Rights Law and Interest Groups". University of Chicago Law Review Online. Retrieved April 6, 2021.