The Moscow City Court was detained by a picket with a poster against police arbitrariness. Already released! • OVD-Info • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
The Moscow City Court was detained by a picket with a poster against police arbitrariness. Already released!
Danny Kulinich in a single picket / photo: "Protest Moscow State University"
Not far from the building of the Moscow City Court, a picketer with a poster was detained in support of Ilya Azar arrested for a single picket and against police arbitrariness. This was announced to the hotline of the OWD-Info by the Real View reporter Fedor Vsokormmov.
The former defendant in “Moscow business” Danny Kulinich came out with the picket. As soon as he turned the poster, the police approached him and demanded to stop the picket. A few minutes later, Kulinich was released without a protocol, writes “Protest MSU”.
Denny Kulinich detention / photo: "Protest MSU"
On June 5, the Moscow City Court reduced to 10 days the arrest of the journalist and municipal deputy Ilya Azar. On May 28, Azara was arrested for 15 days for a picket in support of the author of the public “Ombudsman of the Police” and in support of the activist Nemetov detained for the same picket. Azara was found guilty of repeated violation of the rules of the action (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
On the same day, journalists and activists went in support of Ilya Azar. InMoscow and St. Petersburg, 22 people were detained. The next day, May 29, activists in different cities went to single pickets with the slogans “Picket Not a Crime”, “Freedom Ilya Azar”. According to the ATS-INFO, 42 people were detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg. On single pickets at the State Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, 15 people were detained on May 30.
On July 27, 2019, Moscow was held in support of independent candidates in the Moscow City Duma elections, during which, according to the ATS-Info, 1373 people were detained . Three days after the action, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of riots. Several people have already been sentenced to real terms on charges of applying violence against police officers and Rosgvardis.