"OccupySK" ended with arrests

About 50 activists of the protest movement, led by the press secretary of the Left Front Anastasia Udaltsova, gathered today at the building of the Investigative Committee for the "OccupySK" action.

The “occupiers” demanded the release of those arrested in connection with the events of May 6 on Bolotnaya Square, as well as the release of political prisoners on the list adopted during the resolution of the “For Fair Elections” rallies. “I came here to support the people arrested after May 6,” Anastasia Udaltsova told PublicPost. “I don’t know all those arrested, but among them is one of our activists, Vladimir Yakimenkov. Yesterday the court ruled to take him into custody until August 10, while The investigator, in the petition for arrest, indicated the reason that Vladimir is actively involved in socio-political activities. Based on this, I can conclude that his arrest is only because of socio-political activities.”

Civil activist Olga Romanova also came to the rally. She handed out blank white sheets of paper to everyone present and said that she had come to give evidence. “The Investigative Committee itself asked Markin (official representative of the Investigative Committee - editor’s note) yesterday, Friday, to come the next day, Saturday, to give evidence,” Olga Romanova told PublicPost. “So, I took the leaves with me. But There’s no one. The shop is closed. It turns out there are crooks all around. I thought there were officers here, but these are crooks.” Later, Olga Romanova wrote “FU” on a piece of paper, saying that “Bastrykin is Fu, Putin is Fu.” Fair Russia deputy Ilya Ponomarev also came to support the political prisoners and organized another meeting with voters near the walls of the Investigative Committee, thus protecting them from arrests. “I believe that the actions of the Investigative Committee are clearly illegal. This is simply an act of intimidation. Since they organize intimidation actions, we will also organize our own actions. Not intimidation, but at least solidarity. Our demand is to stop these completely far-fetched persecutions of people.” ,” Ilya Ponomarev told PublicPost.

After some time, the police began to arrest the “occupiers”—about a dozen people were detained in total.

“Supposedly single pickets are taking place, but these pickets are being held under the leadership of Anastasia Udaltsova. They come, pull out posters - this is already an action planned in advance. They are detained for this. For distributing leaflets that do not have the original data,” Colonel Vasily Glotov told PublicPost. a person who wanted to warm up the crowd, a provocateur, was also detained. Please note that Ponomarev did not stand up for him. Because he sees that this stain will fall on his name as a deputy. The person who organizes the meeting of the deputy with voters must be responsible for order. It's a mess here."

By 4 p.m., about a dozen protesters remained outside the walls of the Investigative Committee. Anastasia Udaltsova, leaving, said that such actions are planned to be held every weekend at 12 o’clock.