Demolition of stalls on Chistye Prudy is accompanied by arrests

At Chistye Prudy on the night of February 9, the police detained sellers who were trying to prevent the demolition of shopping arcades. about this writes Journalist Yevgeny Feldman on Twitter. How many people were detained and where they are is unknown. Earlier, the LifeNews TV channel reported on the detention of a man who had climbed onto an excavator to prevent the demolition at Chistye Prudy.

On the night of February 9, mass demolition of stalls and pavilions began in Moscow. Workers demolish buildings near the Kropotkinskaya, Paveletskaya, Pushkinskaya, Sukharevskaya, Oktyabrskoye Pole, Shchelkovskaya and other areas. According to Moslenta, during the demolition of buildings on the Sokol, a fight broke out with the police.

On February 8, the State Inspectorate for Control over the Use of Real Estate Objects announced that the next day, the dismantling of about a hundred objects recognized as self-construction dangerous for Muscovites would begin. The press service of the department stressed that these are illegal buildings erected without the necessary documents. The owners of the pavilions, in turn, argue that the demolition takes place without a court decision, and in some cases even after a court decision in favor of the owners. Vendors and shop owners had to hastily remove their belongings from the buildings.

The day before, a rally was held in Moscow against the illegal demolition of buildings and in defense of the 35th article of the Constitution, which guarantees the right to private property. Before the action, its organizer Vadim Korovin was attacked .