Preventive arrests of NBP and AKM activists

On May 9, 2005, about 50 activists of the National Bolshevik Party were detained in Moscow. NBP activists who were going to take part in a sanctioned rally of the left opposition near the Belorussky railway station were detained at home, at the party headquarters, in the subway, etc. from 9 am, said party spokesman Alexander Averin. According to one of those who carried out the arrest, these were "preventive measures."

The same morning, the leader of the Vanguard of the Red Youth Sergei Udaltsov was detained. "He was detained this morning so that he could not get to the square near the Belorussky railway station ," Anastasia Udaltsova, spokeswoman for the AKM, said. According to A. Udaltsova, about 30 AKM activists were detained, who were also going to take part in a rally near the Belorussky railway station.

Dmitry Bakhur, a member of the NBP Central Committee, told a Kommersant correspondent that members of the Organized Crime Control Department came to his house early in the morning and said that if Bakhur did not agree not to leave his house until 3 p.m., he would be immediately detained on suspicion of involvement in the action on the wall. hotel "Russia".

At about 3 pm, when the rally at the Belorussky railway station and the celebrations on Red Square ended, all the detainees were released.

Meanwhile, according to a RIA Novosti source in power structures, several people were detained who were preparing "actions of disobedience." "In this regard, the police took preventive measures ," - said the interlocutor of the agency.

at the entrance to the Belorusskaya metro station . were detained At the same time , about 30 members of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and the National Patriots of Russia (NPR)

Kashin O. Radicals closed for prevention // Kommersant. 2005. May 11.

Sources

• Dozens of NBP and AKM activists detained in Moscow // Grani.Ru. 2005. May 9.
• Saidukova M., Ukolov R. Holiday arrests // Independent newspaper. 2005. May 11.