In St. Petersburg, a traditional bike racket was dispersed at night

On the night of June 18 to 19 in St. Petersburg, police dispersed the 51st traditional bicycle mileage "White Nights". One of its participants was detained by the police.

“In St. Petersburg, the 51st bicycle night parade“ White Nights ”has been dispersed. More than 1000 cyclists gathered for a traditional night bicycle wire, which has been held in our city since 1965. From 21 hours, a program was on the copper horseman, a start was assigned to 22-30. However, the police who arrived at the place dispersed the event, ”Ilya Gurevich, chairman of the VKi -Potter club, wrote on his VKontakte social network.

The detained co -organizer of the bike run Mikhail Ivanov was taken to the police department, where he spent about forty minutes, after which he was released without charges.

According to the participants and organizers of the action, the cancellation of the run is associated with the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that is now held in the city.