For those who might not understand the context where this is happening: - Russian authorities plan to raise retirement age to 65 years, while the average life

For those who might not understand the context where this is happening: - Russian authorities plan to raise retirement age to 65 years, while the average life expectancy for men is 66.4 years. It means many people will pay pension tax for all their life and get almost nothing back. Navalny is planning large protest rallies against this and against Putin as well. They are unlikely to become big (judging by previous ones) - maybe some 20-40 000 people max but the government in Russia doesn't want to admit that there are people who are against it. - Therefore, in most cities including Moscow rallies are not approved by local governments and will be considered illegal. It means participants will be arrested by the police and fined or get 10 to 30 days in prison (organisers can get up to additional 25 days). - Also, on Sept. 9 there will be local elections in some regions and cities, but opposition candidates were not registered for them (this is one of the ways how Putin and his party wins elections - by allowing only weak candidates to take part in them). So September 9 is a perfect date for protests against this too. - Opposition buys ads on Youtube to promote the rallies because most media are controlled by the government and only report how life will be better for seniors with new law and how everyone will win from it, and that most countries in Europe had raised retirement age too. So many people don't know about protests. - Russian authorities sent a letter to Google demanding them to stop displaying ads because it is considered a political ads which is not allowed the day before elections (you cannot promote candidates the day before elections). But Youtube removed ads even in the regions where there are no elections.