On the last day of autumn, a human rights activist, Lev Ponomarev, established the National public organization «For human rights» and held a Congress of the same movement, which lasted 22 years and not so long ago devoid of a legal entity. Simultaneously arrived in Moscow from the regions, the activists created a Civil coalition, which included the new organization Ponomarev. In a Memorandum to the coalition stated that «the situation in the country in the field of political, economic, social, civil rights and freedoms of the person worsens every day».