Seven participants in the LGBT action "Silence Day" were detained in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt during the “Day of Silence” campaign, dedicated to the memory of victims of crimes on homophobic grounds, seven people were detained. The message about this was published in the group “Help Desters in St. Petersburg” on the social network “VKontakte”. The names of the five detainees are known: Andrey Yakovlev, Maria Lakaktian, Zhenya Dodonova, Alexei Zalensky, Victoria Skachkova. Another detainee called John.

The detainees were taken to the 78th police department. They complain that they are not allowed to speak on the phone and do not release to the toilet, according to the group page.

There is information about two more detainees .

The action in St. Petersburg is dedicated to the memory of journalist Dmitry Tsilikin, who was killed on March 31.