Some of the activists detained in the morning were released

Some of the Left Bloc activists and anarchists detained in Moscow in the morning were released.

This morning, searches took place in the “Left Bloc”, at the “Left Bloc” activist Vladimir Zhuravlev, as well as at three anarchists - Svyatoslav Rechkalov, Andrei and Artem (whose last names are not reported).

at the headquarters of the association At the headquarters of the “Left Bloc”, in the apartments of Zhuravlev and Artem, searches were carried out under Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism). The investigation qualified the action at the United Russia office in this way, when a window in the premises was broken and a smoke bomb was thrown inside. It is not yet known why the searches took place at Rechkalov and Andrey. They still have not contacted their loved ones and may be in police custody.

criminal case Because of the situation, three people were detained at the headquarters - Vadim Timergalin, Grigory Sineglazov and Denis Avdeev, all of them are already at large. They were questioned about participation in radical organizations. The police used a circular saw to open the staff safe, which contained five laptops, a staff circular saw and screwdrivers. All this was confiscated. At the same time, no protocols were drawn up, and the landlord was not notified of the search. Zhuravlev was also released after interrogation at the Department of Investigation of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow. As Zhuravlev said, he could not tell the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that could not be found in open sources.

OVD-InfochegoDuring the searches, electronic media and printed materials or records that were of interest to the police were confiscated

According to Artyom’s mother, police officers came to their home at 7 am. During the search, police found an issue of the Avtonom magazine, which, in their opinion, was included in the list of extremist materials. They began to intimidate Artem and his mother with a criminal case for possession of prohibited literature. When the woman began calling human rights activists, a police officer took her phone and said that it would also be confiscated - although the phone belonged to her, not her son.

37th In addition to “Avtonom”, the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers were interested in the entries in Artyom’s diary about Dmitry Buchenkov and a book about Kurdistan. According to Artem’s mother, they were looking primarily for photo and video equipment, but there was none in the apartment - Artem had never been interested in such things.

At the Department of Inquiry, the woman saw other people detained as part of today’s wave of searches and arrests. According to her, one young man was brought in by three masked security forces. They pulled a cap over his face. The woman calls these masked people “FSB agents.”

Artyom's fingerprints were taken. Then he was photographed. At the same time, when the mother asked where they were taking her son, the police joked that “we have a torture room there.” Then Artem was taken for questioning, but it went quickly. Artyom was asked if he knew Elena Gorban and Alexey Kobaidze from those detained today, as well as from the suspects in the case of vandalism near the United Russia office. Artem didn’t know any of them. After this, the young man was released, remaining as a witness in the case.

someone-someone In addition to Rechkalov and Andrei, the police, apparently, have another person detained in the morning - Evgenia. She was detained in Rechkalov’s apartment.

UPD 00:36 Evgenia, who was detained along with Rechkalov and taken to the investigation department, and then released, said that Rechkalov was tortured. According to her, Rechkalov told her and another person detained with them that they put a bag over his head and shocked him in the legs, forcing him to admit his involvement in the vandalism case. Evgenia claims that Rechkalov had nothing to do with the action at the United Russia office. She and another detainee were later released, but were ordered to appear on March 15 for questioning as witnesses. Rechkalov, according to Evgenia, was taken to a temporary detention facility.

UPD 02:57 OVD-Info