Detention in Russia December 24, 2017

On December 24, in 20 cities of Russia, initiative groups were held to nominate Alexei Navalny to the president. In addition, the day of free elections was planned in Moscow, but the organizers announced that only festivities would be at the place of its holding. OVD-Info publishes consolidated data on detentions.

16:00 . The gathering in the Lermontov Square in Moscow, where the Day of Free Elections was planned, at the moment did without detention. The municipal deputy Ilya Yashin was stopped by the police near the house, but he reached the square.

Not far from the Lermontovsky square, the police detained Alexander Brusentsev when he tried to get the drone: according to him, he was followed in the subway.

15:00 . Meetings of initiative groups for the nomination of Alexei Navalny to the presidency were held without detention.

The municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow Ilya Yashin stopped the police near the house. He is forbidden to hold a meeting in the Lermontov Square, where the Day of Free Elections was previously planned.

12:00 . The detainees were released in Astrakhan. There is no information about other detentions at the moment.

In St. Petersburg, the police demanded to remove the table and chairs at the venue for the meeting of the initiative group on the Marse Field. There were also provocateurs from the pro -Kremlin movement of NODs.

The organizers of the Day of Free Elections after communicating with the police announced that the holiday in the Lermontov Square in the planned format would not take place. However, the police promises that it will not impede the festivities.

10:00 . At about 6:40 Astrakhan away from Astrakhan , the traffic police detained 11 people who were heading to Volgograd to a meeting of the initiative group. Later one of them was released.