In St. Petersburg, priest Alexander Khmelev was detained before the rally

In St. Petersburg, before a picket in support of political prisoners, a priest of the Association of Christian Eucharistic Communities Alexander Khmelev was detained, who came to the meeting place of the protesters at the corner of Malaya Sadovaya Street and Nevsky Prospekt. OVD-Info was informed about this on the hotline.

At the moment he is being taken to the 59th police department. The police called the criminal case initiated as the basis for the detention. There are no other details yet. Khmelev himself has not yet answered phone calls.