
In Moscow, former employees of the Ukrainian special forces "Berkut" participated in the detentions on the protest campaign. It is reported by dialogue.ua.
In one of the commanders of riot police, who led the promotion of participants in the action, users of social networks identified the ex-head of the Kyiv Board of the Berkut by Sergey Kusyuk. During the reign of Viktor Yanukovych, he repeatedly participated in the power suppression of protests in Kyiv. It was reported that after the victory of the revolution of dignity, the Berkutovets left for Crimea.
Kusyuk also led the strict acceleration of Euromaidan in Kiev on the night of November 29-30, 2013. In the summer of 2015, the General Prosecutor's Office announced Kusyuk on the wanted list on suspicion of preventing the rally and exceeding official powers.
In addition, another participant in the Moscow campaign is similar to the former employee of Berkut. His photograph was published by the RTVI journalist Alexei Abanin. “This peasant came up and affectionately said that he would break the camera and face if I continue to shoot,” the journalist wrote. Users identified him as a certain Vasily from Lugansk and published his past photos.
On June 12, in Moscow , 866 protesters were detained on anti-corruption shares according to the OVD-Info. At the same time, the police reported 150 detentions. More than 30 people were left for the night in the police. In St. Petersburg, 658 people were detained, 235 of them were left in the police department. Almost 200 people were detained during shares in other cities. The police and riot police themselves unreasonably applied violence to demonstrators.