Street musician detained

A street musician, saxophonist Artur Fomenko was detained on Nikolskaya Street. As writes his colleague, guitarist Oleg Mokryakov, on Facebook, Fomenko was detained when he was about to leave. The police did not introduce themselves and did not explain to the musician why he was being detained. Fomenko is being taken to the Kitai-Gorod police department.

On June 30, Fomenko was also detained at Nikolskaya. Later, he was fined for “arranging a mass simultaneous stay of citizens” (Article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).