In Nizhny Novgorod, Italian human rights activists were fined for violating the visa regime

On June 27, in Nizhny Novgorod, police officers came to a meeting of five representatives of the Italian human rights organization Antigone and members of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) of the Nizhny Novgorod Region on the basis of an appeal from a “well-wisher”. The claims of the police were reduced to violating visa laws: the human rights activists who arrived had a tourist visa, and they are engaged in professional activities (journalism, human rights). this on June 27 on Facebook . announced Sergey Poduzov

In the police department of human rights defenders, a young man who “forgot to take his ID with him” tried to film on camera, he did not introduce himself.

After six hours at the police department, all the detainees were released, the measures of expulsion were not applied, limiting themselves to a fine of 2,000 rubles for each of the detained foreigners.