On Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, 37 participants in the action were detained in support of the "swamp prisoners", the OTD-info reports.
Среди задержанных Ирина Калмыкова, Марк Гальперин, Юрий Акимов, Виталий Пальцев, Александр Форов, Александр Мысленков, Евгений Большаков, Андрей Бирюков, Игорь Иванов, Антон Дроздов, Сергей Рыбочкин, Виктор Рыбочкин, Михаил Удимов, Елена Букварева, Николай Глухин, Вадим Цветков, Полина Белякова, Сергей Васильченко, Роман Петрищев, Pavel Kuznetsov, Maria Ryabikova, Maxim Chekanov, Konstantin Lyakh, Nadezhda Mityushkina, Valery Nadezhdin, Denis Yudin.
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“On the eve of the Olympiad, the authorities tried to pretend that political repressions remained in the past, however, the fact that dozens of political prisoners were behind bars indicates the next farce and deception,” the defense organizers say. “The defense is convincingly proven that innocent people are under court. However, in spite of what, not paying attention to the evidence presented, the prosecutor's office requested the Dragon. Dates - from 5 to 6 years of imprisonment.
On the previous campaign on January 6, several dozen activists deployed the banner of the Olympics - no, as well as posters with the surnames of the defendants of the "swamp business" and other political prisoners ( 
“Recently, several defendants in the“ swamp business ”came under an amnesty for the 20th anniversary of the Constitution, but the rest of the“ Swamp prisoners ”on fabricated accusations continue to languish in prison or under house arrest, - by the appeal of the organizers of the action on January 6.“ The authorities on the eve of the Olympics tried to pretend that political repression remained in the past, but the fact that dozens of political residents They stayed behind bars, testifies to the next farce and deception. "
Promotions in defense of the accused in the "Swamp case" are held in the center of Moscow since last summer on the 6th day of each month at 19 hours. Typically, activists arrange a series of single pickets at the monument to Marshal Zhukov and on Red Square. In addition, in mid -December, activists with posters in defense of the "swamps" picked the Duma on the eve of the voting on the amnesty .
"On the 6th day of each month we will go out until the authorities stop the illegal pursuit of citizens in the so-called" swamp business. "We will go out until we achieve the liberation of all prisoners on May 6 and all political prisoners!" - says in the appeal.
On the eve of the Zamoskvoretsky court, hearings on the "Swamp Business Eight" ended, the defendants performed with the last word . The verdict will be passed on February 21.