On August 10 Constantine Kosyakin died in a Moscow hospital after a long illness. In recent years he struggled with cancer. Kosyakin, an opposition activist within the left front since 2009. He was a regular participant and organizer of actions, Strategy 31, on Triumph Square in Moscow and "Days of Wrath" Anti-Government Actions: http://grani-tv.ru/tags/393/entries.html Kosyakin also active in the leadership of the "Moscow City Council." Constantine Kosyakin was born in 1947. In his youth, he received his degree in mining engineering, he worked as a Company Specialists and Planner and in 1977 went to work in the Department of Coal Ministry, where he served as an engineer, senior specialist and Deputy Director for construction of the coal mining complex in the Zone Region of BAM. In 1999-2004, he was a member of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party.
Sergei Udaltsov, Political Prisoner -Left Front
"Characteristically, before the disease Kosyakin looked much younger than his years. He was a big man, full of energy and enthusiasm. I was very surprised when, soon after we met, he told me that he had retired. I think that he himself until the last days felt like years 18-20, not more. Naturally, that he almost immediately became popular with the young activists of the Left Front. He played with us in football, was a goalkeeper - we called him "our Lev Yashin." In his youth, Kosyakin was obviously nonconformist. I will never forget the time at a festival in our headquarters he lead everyone to dance floor to do the twist to rock 'n' roll. The youth were amazed with delight. Dozens of times ... the police detained him at the Days of Wrath, on the Triumph Square and on other demonstrations. Many times he had to serve his arrest with 10-15 days in jail. But all of repression did not stop him from the game. Because he was a staunch champion of human rights and freedoms. At the same time upholding the civil rights, Konstantin, was a consistent supporter of a broad opposition coalition, bringing together various political forces. Here's someone who truly fought "for your freedom and ours", it was Kosyakin.
... He never complained, on the contrary, he tried not to talk about his illness. Many of them even had no idea what it cost him of the courage to come to the next meeting or gathering. I was amazed when I learned that, until recently, he hid in the court of his disability, which would have released him from arrest. He did not want to break away from his companions, from the collective, from his comrades."
