Anti -corruption shares were held in Russia

In dozens of cities of Russia, mass actions against corruption organized by supporters of the politician Alexei Navalny were held. The police detained the participants of both agreed and unauthorized rallies. According to the latest data, more than 700 people were detained in Moscow, about 500 in St. Petersburg. The police used force. In other cities of Russia, detentions were also held, but not so massive.

Navalny himself was detained at the entrance of his house in Moscow before the start of the action. He faces up to 30 days of administrative arrest on charges of repeated violation of the rules of the rally. In the office of the Corruption Fund (FBK), unknown people turned off electricity and the Internet. Read a detailed chronicle of events from today's shares here .

On the eve of Navalny announced that the agreed rally on Academician Sakharov Avenue is canceled. Instead, he called on his supporters to enter a peaceful action on Tverskaya Street. The Moscow City Hall allowed the opposition to “walk” along Tverskaya Street with the condition that the action will be held without posters and slogans.

The reason for the shares on June 12 was the publication of the FBK film-investigation on elite real estate, presumably belonging to the head of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev. On March 26, in dozens of cities of Russia, during similar protests, up to one and a half thousand people were detained.