A petition against the decision received 1500 signatures in 11 days.
As of May 3, 2012, the petition has received at least 208,000 signatures.
However, the petition did not receive enough signatures before the game.
The petition received significant attention for quite some time in January 2010.
The online petition has so far received more than 21,000 signatures.
By May 2, the petition had received over 20,000 signatures.
An online petition against the nomination received 10,000 signatures a day.
In 2 months, the petition received more than 2,200 signatures.
The petitions reached the government in Moscow and received a positive reply.
The petition started by the priest received only about three hundred supporters.