Police detained nine people on Manezhnaya Square

In Moscow, on Manezhnaya Square, police detained nine people without explanation. This was reported to the hotline.

OVD-InfoPolice detained Nadezhda Afanasyeva, Alina Martinovich, Nikita Ryadnov, Arseny Glebov, Narmaniya Vazh, Dmitry Serikov, Stepan Fesov and two minors.

One of the detainees said that they stood peacefully in the square without posters or other propaganda materials. Two paddy wagons drove up to them, and riot police officers began dragging people into them. They did not explain the reason and used force during the arrest.

According to preliminary data, they were initially going to be taken to the Koptevo police station, and later to the Airport police station.

At the same place, police are preventing Vera Shikhova from holding a single picket.

Stepan Fesov reported that the detainees were taken to the Airport police station.

UPD: Blogger Denis Styazhkin tweeted that the detained Afanasyeva was kept in the police department for more than three hours. She then left the department, but police officers detained her again.

UPD 17.30: wrote

— InTrancer (@InTrancer)

The girl was released and detained AGAIN!

pic.twitter.com/9tFoYk6B4D October 8, 2017 Nikita Ryadnov stays overnight at the Airport police station. A report was drawn up against him under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for repeated violation of the procedure for holding the rally. The remaining detainees were released from the department with punctures under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for conducting an event). Even in the afternoon, one of the detained minors was taken away from the police department with a concussion.

UPD 21.00: