Protesters supporting ‘New Greatness’ case defendants arrested outside Moscow FSB headquarters

Moscow police have begun arresting protesters for carrying out single-person demonstrations outside of the Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters on Lubyanka square. At least six people have been detained, including literary critic Anna Narinskaya.

Update: Meduza’s correspondent has reported that law-enforcement officers have detained at least 14 people.

The demonstrators were expressing their support for the suspects in the controversial “Novoe Velichie” (“New Greatness”) extremism case.

• On July 14, the prosecution requested a variety of sentences for the defendants in the “New Greatness” case, ranging from four years probation to seven and a half years in prison on charges of organizing an illegal extremist group. A trial date has yet to be set for the sentencing.