In Moscow, street musicians hold protests against the "persecution of street musicians by the authorities and the police":
"The police rush to the artists, takes them to the branches, confiscates the instruments, writes out the subpoenas to the courts that will put them in great fines according to a variety of articles, which fantasy is enough (usually 10,000 rubles for the arrangement of an unauthorized meeting of spectators)."
The statement
of the community of street musicians was extended on Facebook :
"Arbat was silent. Insolent cops at the direction from above expel musicians from the streets.
They arrest, write false protocols, confiscate tools.
Hand judges say 10,000 rubles for fines.
Ten.
Thousands.
Rubles.
For the fact that they gather around the musicians (or not gather, but may gather) listeners.
They want to clean up all living things, all funny, everything that grows is everything that is protruding, everything that interferes with their small and large dark street business.
We will not leave the streets.
Do not shut up street music.
We will go to protest shares until the last lawmaker under power is besieged and prosecuted for lawlessness. ”
On Sunday, on Arbat, one of the shares of street musicians took place, who kindly provided photographs. Show more
To curtail