In Crimea in Balaclava

In the annexed Simferopol, the former Pussy Riot participant Maria Alekhina held the action in support of the political prisoner Oleg Sentsova. This was reported by the activist herself on Facebook

In the area of ​​the Alekhin railway station, wearing Red Balaklava, launched the Freedom Sentsov banner. “After a few detentions, surveillance, Cossacks, on the way to the police station,” the activist commented on the photo.

In the afternoon, Alekhin, together with her acquaintance, Alexei Efremov, delivered a police department in the Zheleznodorozhny district of Simferopol after a conflict with the “Cossacks” from the “self -defense of Crimea”, reports Mediazon. When the activists had breakfast in the cafe, the "Cossacks" who appeared there took away a hat from Alekhina and tried to drive her and Efremov out into the street. Efremov was beaten by Nagayka. Activists are waiting for the lawyer in OP until the police presented any complaints about them.

It was also reported that comrades Alekhina Olga Borisova and Alexander Sofeev, who were supposed to fly out of Simferopol to Moscow on Monday evening, did not get in touch. According to journalist Anton Naumluk, their phones were broken by police during the previous detention. “There was an agreement that they would ask someone’s phone to report in any case: they managed to sit on the plane or not. But they didn’t call anyone,” said Naumluk. Among the passengers of the morning flights from Simferopol Borisova and Sofeev, there were no at home, they did not appear at home.

Shortly before 17 hours, however, it turned out that both activists were in Moscow, where they returned through Petersburg. Due to the breakdowns, the mediazone explained Naumluk, they could not make themselves felt for a long time.

On Sunday, Borisov and Sofeev arrived in Kerch on a ferry from Russia. Right at the exit from the ferry they were detained by six police officers and delivered to the city department of the FSB . After the "conversation" the activists were released. The security forces were interested in the purpose of their arrival in the Crimea, as well as business cards found in Borisova’s passport: one of them was a visit by a certain diplomat. The detainees did not sign any papers.

On Monday, Alekhin, who arrived in Simferopol, was detained right by the plane of the aircraft. At the same time, Borisov and Sofeev were detained at the station of the Crimean capital and delivered to OP Zheleznodorozhny. Then all three were taken to a medical examination in a dispensary. Alekhin was released at about 14:30, Borisov and Sofeeva are closer to the evening. However, the technique returned to him by the security forces did not work. None of the two mobile phones turned on, although they were charged, and the laptop was not launched from the network. Activists wrote a complaint about the actions of the police.

Ukrainian film director Sentsov was convicted in Russia to 20 years of strict regime in the fabricated case of terrorism. In mid-October 2017, it became known that after a year and a half spent in IK-1 in Yakutsk, Sentsov was taken to the Yamal IK-8 to Labytnangi .

In August, Alekhina and Borisova and Sofaev staged an action for the release of Sentsov in Yakutsk, where the director was serving his sentence at that time. The protesters hung a stretch on the bridge over the Lake Saysars with the inscription "free sentsov" and lit smoke bombs. The next day, Alekhin and Borisov were detained by the police and made protocols on them under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the rules of public event). However, on the same day, the court returned the protocols to the police to eliminate the shortcomings, after which the activists were released.

On October 24, Alekhina, together with his comrades, held the action in support of Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko inside the Trump Tower skyscraper in New York . Three activists in colored balaclavas were hung out inside the building a banner sewn from the sheet with the inscription "Free SentSov" and scattered leaflets with information about the political prisoner.