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Spring
In Moscow, investigators of the Investigative Committee detained a man who posted on the Internet calls to go on April 2 to protest in the center of Moscow. This was reported on the official website of the department.
As noted, the detained man born in 1992 on March 29 posted on the Internet messages "calling for extremist actions." The man is suspected of part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code (calls to riots). He faces up to two years in prison.
In addition, it is indicated that to conceal his location, the detainee used anonymization agents.
Last week, calls began to appear in social networks for holding shares on April 2 in the center of Moscow. In particular, in the public prosecutor blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, “we demand systemic changes in the country” called for a rally on Red Square. Among the requirements proposed by the organizers are the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, ensuring a constant dialogue between the authorities and citizens, a reduction in defense costs, and the abolition of the Yarovaya Law.
Who exactly called for the action is unknown. The pages on which the calls were published were recently opened and did not contain any personal information. The photos posted on them are taken from the Internet.
On March 31, the Prosecutor General’s Office sent to Roskomnadzor the requirement to block several Internet resources with calls to reach the action on April 2. In the letter of the department, two publics on the VKontakte social network, a post in a living magazine and two videos on YouTube were mentioned.
The Prosecutor General’s Office noted that the authorities did not receive notifications of the action on April 2. It is possible to call for participation in a mass event and campaigning only after submitting a notification, and since it was not there, it is said in a letter, the information on the pages listed in the letter should be considered as containing calls to riots, extremist activities and to participate in measures "conducted in violation of the established procedure."
On April 1, the Moscow Directorate of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of calls for riots in the capital. "According to the investigation, on March 29, 2017, on the Internet, that is, in the public domain for an unlimited circle of persons, an unidentified person under the pseudonym posted text messages calling for actions of an extremely extremist, measures are taken to establish persons who posted calls for criminal actions," the press service of the department reported.
On Sunday, at least 59 activists were detained in Moscow ( 
Activists Ildar Dadin, Sergey Rangi, Julia Assumption, investigators handed the subpoenas to the Investigative Committee . They drew up protocols under part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation by the participant in the public event of the established procedure for holding a meeting, rally), the remaining activists from the Tverskaya police department were released without protocols. At the same time, investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Recently initiated criminal case of calls for riots tried to interrogate them in the department.
Protocols were drawn up to activists delivered to other police department under part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violations of the procedure for conducting public events that entailed the creation of interference with the functioning of life support objects). On some activists, it was supposedly drawn up a protocol under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the legal order of a police officer). In the Chinese Gorod police department, all detainees were also questioned by investigators of the TFR.