A detained Navalny supporter in Nizhny Novgorod was arrested for 20 days

The Nizhny Novgorod District Court arrested activist Vladimir Kravtsov, who was detained at a rally of supporters of Navalny, for twenty days for repeated violation of the rules for participating in a public rally (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). about this on Twitter writes Marina Chufarina . Kravtsov was detained in Nizhny Novgorod on September 29 during an uncoordinated rally by supporters of politician Alexei Navalny.

A total of seven people were detained , including one minor. Earlier, the local administration first agreed on a rally-meeting with the oppositionist, and then canceled its decision. The officials replied that the site was occupied, which means that the planned action would be considered inconsistent. Later, the Nizhny Novgorod authorities announced that Markin Square would be closed to traffic on September 29 - on that day, the festival of culture, sports and tourism "Positive Nizhny" was to be held there.

Despite this, Navalny's supporters still decided to hold a rally and began preparing for the event. On the morning of September 29, the police dismantled the stage and seized equipment for the rally. After the head of the federal headquarters, Leonid Volkov, went to the police department to write a statement under Art. 149 (obstruction of a rally). There he was detained and a protocol was drawn up under Part 8 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation by a participant of a public event of the procedure for holding it).