Nizhny Novgorod activists have been searches

In Nizhny Novgorod, the activists of "Other Russia" Yuri Staroverov and Ekaterina and Alexander Zaitsevs were searches. Employees of the E-E Center came to activists about half past seven in the morning and hacked the doors of their apartments, said Alexander Averin, spokeswoman for another Russia.

Searches are carried out about the events of September 15. Then the police dispersed the inconsistent protest on Freedom Square. At the same time, Zaitseva received from a riot police with a club on the head and was hospitalized with a concussion. “Now article 318 (the use of violence against a representative of the authorities) is sewn in her regard. As usual among crooks, thieves and bandits,” said human rights activist Stanislav Dmitrievsky. Zaitseva herself at the time of the search was outside the house. On the search, her husband Alexander is present.

On October 22, the Nizhny Novgorod Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee reported that it was decided not to initiate criminal cases on the events of September 15. "Decisions were made to refuse to institute criminal cases both on the fact of the actions of the participants in the unauthorized rally, one of which tore off the protective helmet from the head of the riot police, and in the fact of receiving bodily harm," the report said.

Employees of the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the official audit also did not reveal violations in the actions of their employee. “He applied special equipment (rubber club) in accordance with the Law“ On Police ”to suppress an administrative violation,” the press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

“Katya stood with her back to this riot police and could not cover her head or somehow evade a blow. She had no dangerous health or family well -being of this employee at that moment,” Averin said then.

The deputy chief of the regional police Andrei Shmonin told reporters that Zaitseva was worried before the possible detention and she was ill, so she was classified as an ambulance for examination.

On September 20, Lebedev said that he intends to ask for protection in the department of his own security. He admitted that he was afraid of revenge on the part of the opposition and other participants in the action. Earlier, Lebedev appealed to the Investigative Committee with a request to verify the legality of the actions of the victim. According to the police officer, the activist and her comrades subsequently nocutured by the blow of the club violated the law, trying to prevent the work of law enforcement agencies. Lebedev said that Zaitseva tore off the protective helmet and was about to "throw him somewhere," and he only tried to "knock out police uniforms from the hands of the offender."

On September 15, 15 people were detained on Freedom Square. The police in Megafon warned that the action was not agreed, and asked the audience to disperse. However, a rally involving about 100 people took place. The detention began about 20 minutes after the start of the action. On the eve of the rally, Shmononin promised that the police would not interfere with the event in Freedom Square if people will communicate there without slogans and banners.