Dmitry Muratov: “The police tactics on Triumfalnaya are very brutal. An iron “ram” against living people..."

Police tactics: 10-12 people, becoming a chain, grabbing each other by the shoulders, with an iron ram with shields run into people standing on the sidewalk from the side of Pushkinskaya. The first policeman in a helmet, who broke through the formation of people, grabs the first person who comes under the arm and drags him inside the "ram", then he is "accepted" and put in a paddy wagon. When the battering rams break into the line of people - a loud chant of the word "Shame."

They seize mostly young people - the average age is 20-30 years. Around me, I counted about 800 people - these are the ones I can see.

People have a bad reaction to this. Of course, they are shouted down.

The slogans that are being shouted out here are: "Putin is a thief!", "United Russia is not the party of the people, but the party of millionaires." The difference between this stand and previous rallies on Triumfalnaya is a lot of young people and clearly formulated slogans.

I saw Orlov, the chairman of Memorial, I was pressed against the magnificent artist Lesha Devotchenko, who, as I understand it, had a broken arm after the previous rally. I asked him to take care, but he remained standing.

All of Tverskaya is crowded with columns of police trucks - from Strastnoy Boulevard along Tverskaya to Triumfalnaya.

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