
The US State Department condemned the mass detention of protest shares in Russia, CNN reports . The official representative of the American Foreign Department, Mark Toner called the incident an insult to democratic values.
"The United States decisively condemn the arrest of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators throughout Russia on Sunday. The detention of peaceful demonstrators, human rights activists and journalists is an insult to the main democratic values," the statement said. "We learned with anxiety about the arrest of oppositionist Alexei Navalny after his arrival for demonstration, as well as about police raids in the organization for the fight against corruption, which he is He heads. "
"The United States will track this situation, and we urge the Russian authorities to immediately free all peaceful demonstrators," Toner emphasized.
On Sunday, in Russia, at the call of the leader of the Party of Progress Navalny, many thousands of anti -corruption shares were held ( 
About 20 thousand people participated in Moscow in Moscow. 1030 detainees, including more than ten minors, were delivered to the police departments. The police acted hard. Several detainees, including activist of the Party of Progress Nikolai Lyaskin, are hospitalized with injuries. As of 3:30 Monday, more than a hundred detainees remained in the police, the OVD-Info reports .
Navalny himself was detained at the very beginning of the action. It was compiled on part 1 of Article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (organization of mass simultaneous stay of citizens), which provides for up to 15 days of arrest. He was left in the Konkovo police department to court.
More than 130 people were detained in St. Petersburg. The detention of shares participants went to Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and dozens of other cities.
On Sunday afternoon, the police came to the FBK office, from where the live broadcast of the protest campaign was conducted. All 17 employees were detained there. The office was searched and all computer equipment was carried out. Against one of the employees, Leonid Volkov, the case was opened under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (excitement of hatred or enmity), which provides for the six years of the colony. The other detainees drew up protocols under Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the legal request of the policeman), which provides for up to 15 days of arrest.