A single picketer wearing a Putin mask was detained on Red Square

In Moscow on the afternoon of April 1, Roman Roslovtsev was detained, holding a solo picket in a Putin mask with a poster "I'm not afraid of 212.1 of the Criminal Code." As he told OVD-Info, he was being taken to Kitay-gorod OVD.

Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code on “repeated” violations at rallies was added to the Criminal Code in the summer of 2014. During 2015, cases were opened against four Moscow activists. In December, she was convicted for the first time: Ildar Dadin was sentenced to three years in prison for participating in peaceful protests. On March 31, 2016, the Moscow City Court upheld the guilty verdict, reducing Dadin's sentence by six months.