Two May Day participants in St. Petersburg were detained for a portrait of Putin and a rainbow flag

In St. Petersburg, participants in the May Day march were detained: Varya Mikhailova, who walked with a portrait of Putin in the column of the Party of the Dead, and Alexei Nazarov holding a rainbow flag. Mikhailov wrote about this on their Twitter.

because of She also reported that they were being taken to police department No. 28.

OVD-InfoEarlier in St. Petersburg, at the May Day march, ten people said that the police did not like the flags of foreign countries that they were carrying.

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Alexey Sergeev reported to the hotline that two more people were detained along with Mikhailova - Igor Kochetkov and Kirill Fedorov - also of the rainbow flag. At the moment, they are together with Mikhailova and Nazarov in a police car in front of police department No. 28.

UPD 15:35 OVD-Infoiz-za Igor Kochetkov and Kirill Fedorov were released from the police department. About this on Facebook.

UPD 19:35both reported Varvara Mikhailova and Alexey Nazarov were also released. Mikhailov on Twitter that a protocol was drawn up against her for a “repeated” violation of the procedure for holding public events (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), and for the other three - about a “regular” violation (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

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