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To enhance absurdity
OVD-Info publishes activists about detention near the Kremlin April 20, 2013.
Irina Kalmykova: “We spend every week a walk on Red Square in defense of political prisoners. Last Saturday, another walk was held. People with white ribbons came to the frontal place. Climbing to the steps, we sang and waved ribbons. ”
Alexei Davydov: “On Saturday, April 20, as I was accepted, I came to the Manezhnaya Square to take part in single pickets in support of prisoners on May 6. At the same time, Boris Nemtsov “The Life of the Slave on Galers” participated in the distribution of the report of Boris Nemtsov.
From the very first minutes of the appearance of the picket participants, a plentiful number of police officers arose who showed close attention to us. They did not move away from us a single step, some people in civilian clothes shot us on video cameras.
At the end of the pickets, we decided to take a walk along Red Square with white ribbons. Since all public actions in this place are prohibited, we agreed in advance that we will not have any posters, and we will not shout any slogans.
We calmly reached the frontal place, near which stopped, began to communicate with each other. We had white ribbons in our hands. ”
Irina Kalmykova: “Two activists of the Left Front launched a photo of Udaltsov with the inscription“ Freedom ”. They were immediately detained. After that, an elderly man came up and turned the white sheet of A-3 paper. The police jumped to detain him. ”
Ekaterina Ryzhova: “First, two guys were detained with a photograph of Udaltsov near the frontal place, and then still six, who simply stood near the car carrier.
Alexey Davydov: “One of the participants in the movement picked up solidarity ... A clean sheet of white paper A3 format. And here, as in the famous speech of Melnichenko, we witnessed that the level of insanity in our country exceeded the standard of living: police officers decided to detain this person. His name was Vladimir Ionov, he was in 70 years, and almost all police officers were suitable for him that his sons - to his grandchildren. Despite this, the police, without introducing himself, without explaining the reasons for the detention, rudely grabbed him, and almost dragged him to the car carrier. ”
Ekaterina Ryzhova: “We, outraged by arrogant lawless actions, shouted“ Shame! ” And everyone who had white sheets took them out and began to keep them above their heads. One friend even went and bought white cotton wool to enhance the absurdity of employees' behavior. ”
Irina Kalmykova: “People began to prevent the police from conducting illegal detention. And then the police detained these people in a harsh form. Without hesitation, citizens began to get clean sheets and raise them. Twenty people held clean sheets, a constitution, a police law - who could get something.
Well, many sheets did not have. Then Alex Sidonov ran to the GUM to purchase sheets. But there, too, they did not turn out to be. And he bought sweet cotton wool. "
Ekaterina Ryzhova: “Passing passers -by and even foreigners were surprised to ask what was happening, and we explained to them that people were delayed for walking on Red Square with white ribbons, white sheets. They were sincerely surprised at what was happening. "
Irina Kalmykova: “Everyone stood with sheets, the police did not react. Then Nadia Mityushkina wrote on her sheet “The Third Law of Newton F-12 = F-21”. The police examined for a long time, but did not take measures. ”
Ekaterina Ryzhova: “When a lot of white sheets appeared in our hands, the policemen were quiet, not knowing what to do with us. But after some time they still could not stand it and began to detain. ”
Irina Kalmykova: “Borodin talked for a long time on the phone, but did not give an order to detain. Then the citizens became in a circle, surrounding the frontal place, and one activist on the asphalt wrote with chalk “Freedom to prisoners on May 6”. We stood for a long time, the policemen did not see the inscriptions, and then on the other hand she wrote: “Putin-thief”. We still stood a little and decided to walk when Borodin gave the order to detain. Polits, like helpful dogs, rushed into the crowd. People covered each other and did not allow the policemen to hold the detention. As a result, 16 people were detained. All in a row. "
Alexey Dava Dov: “Outraged by the ridiculous behavior of the police, we also pulled out sheets of clean white paper and lifted up and x up. For some time no one touched us. But the increased attention of citizens and foreigners to our group brought the police from themselves, and the detention resumed: activists began to grab, turn their hands and take away the autozaks parked nearby. Marazm was stronger. One of the police officers grabbed my shoulder, clung to a sheet of paper, and asked: “What do you have there?”, Seeing that the sheet is virgin clean, asked the employee: “What to do with it, he has nothing to let go?” “So what?” Grounded his colleague, “this is not a reason, take it.” So, along with other participants in the Movement of Solidarity and other activists, I was detained for ... I don’t know why. ”
Sergey Kochetkov: “Unfortunately, my participation in this event was not very long. Late, I was in the frontal place by the time when they began to fill in the second car carrier, where I was 5 minutes after the appearance.
The detention (or rather the abduction) took place with a complete legal lawlessness. Police officers did not introduce themselves, did not explain the reason for the detention, they simply pulled out people from the ranks of the protesters and brought them to the car carrier. They did it relatively correctly and without much enthusiasm. Those who did not want to go themselves carried in their arms, considering this reluctance as “resistance to employees”.
A good company of 16 people gathered in Avtosak, many of whom are familiar to me from previous actions. All the way, from Red Square to the Yakimanka police department, we sang songs of a revolutionary orientation, shouted anti -Putin speech and adorned a car Zapak with white symbols. In general, we had a fun and benefit time. ”
Ekaterina Ryzhova: “The following incident occurred in the Yakimanka police department. Those employees who began to draw us up at first decided to draw up protocols under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses to me and my two more friends, and with the rest conduct preventive conversations. But it turned out that there were no employees who delivered us to the department. And those who accepted us cannot draw up a delivery protocol. Well, our guys, of course, decided to “add oils into the fire”, scaring the police officers that in court they will have to tell how they detained us (and they did not detain us!). Therefore, having blurred among themselves, the “friendly” duty team of the policemen decided to conduct prof. Bedes with us. Although it was precisely such conversations that they did not hold, but we are with them. ”
Sergey Kochetkov: “As it turned out, we were taken to the site for a preventive conversation. The cops wrote protocols, and we talked them, explaining that the service in the occupation police is not good. It was the impression that they themselves understand this. ”
Alexey Davydov: “They brought us to the Yakimanka police department. I hoped that at least there they would explain the reasons for the detention. But no, it was not up to us, since the employees themselves did not know what to do with us. They painfully decided (about 4 hours), how to be with us. As a result, we agreed that we need to conduct a preventive conversation, and let go. What they safely wrote about in reports. There was no time for the conversation itself, and we were taken to the street, where our comrades were waiting for us, who came to support us. Nobody remembered the law among police officers on this day ... "
Sergey Kochetkov: “Already half an hour after our detention at the gate of the Yakimanka police department, a support group appeared. We were brought up by water and everyone’s beloved “Gosdepov” cookies. And after a couple of hours, the same support group met us as heroes (in my opinion not justified, but still nice). ”
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