The head of the headquarters of Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov was again arrested for 20 days. Such a decision was made on Friday on Friday the Preobrazhensky court of Moscow, finding Volkov guilty of calling for participation in inconsistent mass events.
Wolkov this week was already placed under administrative arrest for 20 days, but on Thursday, by decision of the Moscow City Court, he was released, and the case was sent for a new consideration. Right in the building of the Moscow City Court, however, he was again detained and sent to court. Volkova was accused of calling on the Internet to come to the shares on October 7 in support of Alexei Navalny, who himself is now under administrative arrest.
Previously, Volkov was detained in Nizhny Novgorod on September 29. Then in Moscow the police detained Alexei Navalny. On October 2, Moscow courts arrested opposition for 20 days each. After the arrest, Volkov declared a hunger strike in protest. Navalny called on his supporters throughout Russia to reach the protest rallies on October 7.
The authorities of several cities have already announced the shares on October 7 forbidden. In particular, the Moscow City Hall rejected five applications for a rally for some "objective reasons."