A Moscow State University graduate student and UNIAN correspondent who hung the flag of Ukraine was detained during an interview

Roman Tsymbalyuk, a journalist with the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN, and a graduate student of the history department of Moscow State University, who hung the flag of Ukraine during the celebration of the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, were detained during an interview. Tsymbalyuk himself announced this on Facebook.

“A wonderful interview ended with the arrival of the police,” wrote he . From the report of the journalist it followed that they were detained on the territory of Moscow State University. He later told UNIAN that the interview took place "in a public place, on the street, practically in a park, not far from the observation deck."

was also detained The operator of the 1+1 TV channel, Nikita Borodin, . According to Tsymbalyuk, the police arrived after the graduate student took out the flag of Ukraine.

“We were detained, they are taking us to the local police station to check the ‘legality’ of the filming,” said . Tsymbalyuk

Update. Roman Tsymbalyuk told UNIAN that he and other detainees were released from the police.

• On March 18, when a concert was held near Moscow State University in honor of the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, Zakhar Sarapulov, a postgraduate student of the history department of Moscow State University, hung the flag of Ukraine from the window. He later explained to Meduza that he wanted to draw attention to the poor living conditions in the dormitory.
• After that, several people in civilian clothes (presumably FSB officers) came to him. According to him, they confiscated his laptop and other equipment, threatened to open a case under “extremist” articles and used physical force against him, and also forced him to sign a paper stating that he was ready to cooperate with the special services.