"There will be no events in the city": Novosibirsk cancels May Day mass Monstration 

NGS reports this with reference to the city's vice-mayor. Anna Tereshkova.

"There will be no events in the city on May 1st. That's the information I have." “She explained, without giving the reason for the cancellation.

To clarify, in 2020, the May Day Monstration was cancelled and held online due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, today the governor Novosibirsk area Andy Travnikov cancelled the high alert regime established in the region under the pretext of coronavirus.

A monstration is a mass art event in which participants paint posters with abstract images and, often, absurd or humorous slogans. The first such procession was held in 2004. Novosibirsk.

Over time, other Russian cities also joined the monstration. Krasnoyarsk, Yekaterinburg, Kursk, Makhachkala, Veliky Novgorod, Moscow and others.