Maksim Chistotin, chairman of the Yabloko party branch in the city of Zheleznodorozhny, was detained while trying to hold a solitary picket near the local police station. According to the activists, he was taken inside the police department, it is not known what status he is in.
There was no information about the reasons for the detention. By law, a single picket does not require prior approval. The police department could not be contacted at the time of writing.
UPD. 20:16. The activists were informed by phone of the duty unit of the police department that Chistotin had not been detained, but had come to the police department voluntarily, and at the moment the "chief of the district service" was talking to him.