A suspect in an attack on a Russian Guard soldier at a rally on June 12 was detained in St. Petersburg.

A suspect in an attack on a Russian Guard soldier during a rally on June 12 was detained in St. Petersburg. TASS reports this with reference to the main department of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg.

Fontanka reports that a resident of the village named after Morozov, he is 32 years old, was detained for two days.

Earlier, First Deputy Director of the Russian Guard Sergei Melikov said that during an action against corruption on June 12, a riot policeman was attacked by a man who stabbed him in the back, and “only protective equipment allowed him to remain unharmed.” However, now the Investigative Committee is talking about a blow to the back with a fist, not a knife.

On June 12, protests against corruption, initiated by politician Alexei Navalny, took place throughout Russia.

In total, according to OVD-Info, at least 1,721 people were detained. In St. Petersburg, at least 658 people were detained (34 departments), and 247 were kept in police custody overnight.

In St. Petersburg on June 14, employees of the Center for Countering Extremism detained a schoolboy. He is accused of allegedly assaulting a police officer by punching him. However, one video from the rally shows that the teenager most likely simply fell on a police officer. Now he is under recognizance not to leave the place.