Activists detained near Moscow City Hall

Activists Yelena Sidorenko and Alexander Zimbovsky were detained near the Moscow City Hall during the action of the movement of residents of hostels "Christmas Tree for City Hall", they were writing a report from the scene. In addition to them, four residents of the dormitories were detained: Viktor Drozd, Elena Gavrilina, Elena Chernetskaya, Yulia Averina. A total of 6 people have been arrested so far. OVD-Info was informed about this by telephone by activist Alexander Zimbovsky. All the detainees were taken to the Tverskoy police department.

Zimbovsky was detained quite roughly, dragged by the arms and legs. He said that everyone on the bus was coughing, maybe someone sprayed pepper spray or something like that.