In Volgograd, "Monstration" was considered "extremism"

On May 1, 2012, the Monstration participants were detained in Volgograd - Alevtina Dyupri, Maria Turovets, Leonid Makhinin, Kirill Kusmartsev and Sergey Zhukov. The posters of the "monsters" were considered "extremist" by the police.

The police demanded to remove the posters, among which were "This the slogan was recognized as extremist" and "For lack of fish and elections with cancer", and then detained The activists were taken to Police Department No. 4 of the Central District of Volgograd. There at Participants of the action seized 84 ribbons "Russia against Putin".

After checking and "prophylactic conversation" of the detainees released, but before that they were forced to erase photos and videos of detention from mobile phones.

Sources

• Volgograd residents were taken to the police for ribbons "Russia without Putin" // AiF - Volgograd. 2012. May 2.
• Volgograd May Day was not without a "monster" // Independent newspaper. 2012. May 2.