
In the center of Moscow, the coordinator of the Left Front Sergei Udaltsov and about 40 of its associates were detained. This was reported on the Twitter of the activist.
Left activists were going to spend on passionate Boulevar the march "Antitapitalism-2017". The capital authorities refused to agree on the action. Udaltsov and his supporters were detained on the approach to the place of gathering participants.
“They walked calmly, without posters and slogans. Police officers approached and said that they“ gathered for an unauthorized action, ”Udaltsov wrote.“ The detention continues, at the moment about 30 people were detained. ”
The detainees were kept on a police bus for some time, and then they were taken to the Tver police department. According to the ATS-Info, together with Udaltsov, the leader of the "other Russia" Eduard Limonov was delivered there. Some of the detainees were sent to the OP Baumansky and other police departments.
In total, 41 people were detained, protocols were drawn up for everyone, an activist of another Russia Alexander Averin said . about violation of the rules of mass events. "Six people are left to the police department before the trial on Monday, five National Bolshes and Sergey Udaltsov. The rest were released or now let go," Averin said.
According to him, the protocols were issued to those who were left in the police until Monday under part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation of the rules for holding rallies), on the rest - in part 5 of the same article (violation of the rules of mass events).
In 2014, Udaltsov was sentenced to four and a half years of the general regime on charges of organizing "mass riots" in Bolotnaya Square during the May Millions of the 2012 Major and in the preparation of further "riots". The politician was sent to the IK-3 of the Tambov region in the village of Zelenye District District. There, on the far -fetched reasons, penalties were imposed; In protest, the politician held hunger strikes.
On August 8 of this year, Udaltsov was released, completely serving his term .
On August 19, Udaltsov announced his intention to hold a restorative congress of the Left Front before the end of the year , which, while the politician was in custody, was actually inactive.