Co-chairman of the Association of Ukrainians of Russia Valery Semenenko, detained after a search on the morning of October 28, was taken to Talalikhin Street, where the Taganskaya Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office of the Central Administrative District is located. Communication with him was interrupted.
There was no information about the reason for the arrest. The search and further procedural actions took place in the absence of a lawyer.
On the morning of October 28, a search also took place in the Library of Ukrainian Literature. According to the SOVA Center, we may be talking about the resumption of a criminal case for inciting hatred and enmity (under Article 282 of the Criminal Code) against the library and its director Natalya Sharina.
according to information and analytical In December 2010, the library was accused of distributing books of “anti-Russian and anti-Russian orientation”; searches were carried out in the library, the building was sealed. In 2011, the work of the library was resumed, and criminal cases were initiated due to the lack of corpus delicti.