That's why I was a hooligan

In the village of Konstantinovo, the Ryazan region, during the celebration of the 120th anniversary of Sergei Yesenin, the police with the use of force detained the honored architect of Russia Viktor Gavrilov, a member of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of History of Andrei Petrutsky and the head of the expert group of strategic initiatives of the Ryazan region Igor Kochetkov. About the Ryazan edition YA62.ru.

The 77-year-old Gavrilov was sitting on a bench and demonstrated on three tablets a project for the modification of Konstantinov developed by him on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yesenin, Kochetkov said. The architect, telling about the project, emphasized that he does not provide for the cottage development of the village.

At this time, about 20 people in uniform and civilians approached the activists. They twisted Gavrilov, pushed them into the UAZ, putting their heads under the seat. In the process of detention from Gavrilov, shoes flew off, he injured his leg and received a lot of abrasions. Then Kochetkov and Petrutsky were put in the car. They were taken to the police department without explaining the reasons for the detention.

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Ryazan Region reports that the detainees are charged with an inconsistent picket and disobedience to the legal requirements of police officers. "According to preliminary data, three Ryazans arranged an unauthorized picket on the territory of the museum. According to eyewitnesses, to the request of the museum’s guards to remove posters, the picketers answered with obscene abuse. The security officers asked men to stop an unauthorized picket. But they ignored the legal requirements of the order of the order. Then the police detained all three and the police detained all three and They delivered to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Rybnovsky district for an administrative proceedings, ”the report said.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs notes that a video recording of the detention and "conversations of police with detainees" will be attached to the case file.

At the end of 2013, a scandal erupted in connection with the project to change the security zones in Konstantinov. A significant reduction in security zones and their transfer to the regulated buildings were supposed. According to Petrutsky, in the future, this threatened the destruction of the unique landscape and the transformation of the historical village into a modern cottage village. The project was withdrawn, the Minister of Culture of the region was dismissed.

Under the appeal to President Vladimir Putin, more than three thousand people signed against the reduction of security zones in Konstantinov on the Internet. In May 2014, Putin demanded that the Ryazan governor Oleg Kovalev protect the Yesenin places from the development of cottages.