In Yelets, local activist Gennady Makarov was detained “for extremism”

In Yelets (Lipetsk region), on May 31, activist and local human rights activist Gennady Makarov was detained on suspicion of "extremism". This is reported by Kommersant-Chernozemye with reference to an associate of the activist Ilya Danilov.

On May 31, Makarov received a summons with a request to appear at the police department on June 2, the activist did not wait for the appointed date and came on the same day. In the department, Makarov was detained “supposedly for extremism”, and on June 1 a trial is to be held to select a measure of restraint, told about this. the mother of the detainee, Natalya Makarova,