They remarked in the petition that the Kremlin sponsored the monument in order to "pretend that political repression is a thing long since past", whereas political prisoners in contemporary Russia are urgently in need of "help and attention".
他们在请愿书中表示，克里姆林宫赞助这座纪念碑是为了“假装政治镇压是过去很久以前的事情”，而现在俄罗斯的政治犯更迫切需要“帮助和关注”。