
In Moscow, on the Triumphal Square, police officers detained the participants of the Constitution Readings Valery Nadezhdin, Grigory Simakov, Sergey Zlovech, Kirill Belousov, Anton Drozdov, Evgeny Makarov and Elena Zakharov. This was reported by the OTD-Info by Valery Nadezhdin.
All detainees were taken to the police department in the Tver district.
According to Nadezhdin, the detention occurred as a result of the provocation of the SERB movement. He said that they behaved aggressively, pushed and tried to provoke a fight. One of the participants in the movement and deputy of the Zamoskvorechye Igor Brumel, according to Nadezhdin, pointed out the police to which of the activists should be detained.
UPD 00:20 has passed three hours from the moment of detention, according to the law, a temporary restriction of freedom within the Administrative Code cannot exceed this time.
Vera Makarova reported that she was not allowed to activists as a defender, although she has a power of attorney to protect three detainees. Police officers promise to allow her when the protocols are ready, but at the moment there is no one of them. Law enforcement officers explain this by the fact that the documents are "printed". The detainees themselves did not interrogate.
In addition, Makarova noted the boorish behavior and rudeness of the police department in the Tver district.
UPD 00:36 Elena Zakharov and Grigory Simakov were released from the department after drawing up protocols. Both are charged with part 5 of Art. 20.2 Administrative Code (violation of the procedure for holding a public event).
The defender is never allowed to the rest of the detainees.
UPD 01:05 Evgenia Makarov and Kirill Belousov was also released from the department with protocols under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 Administrative Code.
UPD 01:42 Valeria Nadezhdin is left in the department at night before the trial. In addition to Part 5 of Art. 20.2 Administrative Code (violation of the procedure for holding a public event) is charged with Art. 20.1 Code of Administrative Offenses (petty hooliganism). Police officers believe that he used obscene vocabulary addressed to President Vladimir Putin. Nadezhdin himself denies this. The activist notes that he is a member of the election commission with a decisive vote, so by law they cannot be arrested without the sanction of the prosecutor.
UPD 02:11 Sergey was released from the department with a protocol under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 Administrative Code.
UPD 02:24 Anton Drozdov was also released from the department with a protocol under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 Administrative Code.
UPD March 13 Valeria Nadezhdin was released after the night in the department. The court hearing in his case was postponed, since the sanction of the prosecutor is needed.