Starving mothers of many children were detained by riot police near the Moscow office of United Russia

A riot police team detained three mothers with many children who were on a hunger strike on the porch near the United Russia office in Moscow.

Two dozen riot police detained the protesting women and took them into a paddy wagon, Alexander Zimbovsky, coordinator of the Moscow Dormitory Movement, told Kasparov.Ru . Now they are being taken to the Shchukinsky police station. After their release, the activists plan to continue their hunger strike.

Mothers of many children came to the United Russia office on the afternoon of May 28 along with activists of the Moscow Dormitory Movement and have continued their action until now.

At the end of March, representatives of the movements of defrauded large families and hostels in Moscow already came to picket the United Russia office. After this, they met with State Duma deputies from United Russia, who promised to look into the situation, but nothing changed.