They don't go here with strangers

The Petrograd District Court of St. Petersburg arrested the activist Maxim Trutov for 27 days for participating in the procession of the anti -war column on May Day with the flags of Georgia and the European Union. This was announced by the deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky.

Another participant in the anti -war column, a member of Yabloko, Maria Kozhevatova, the judge of the Petrograd District Court Elena Medvedeva appointed 7 days of arrest and a fine worth 12 thousand rubles. The activist carried the flag of his party, to which the yellow -blue flap of fabric was attached - in the court decision he was called the "flag of Ukraine".

Both were announced guilty of two articles - 19.3 (disobedience to the legal requirement of a police officer) and 20.2 (violation of the procedure for conducting public events) of the Code of Administrative Offenses. According to Paper, another participant in the anti -war action Vadim Charushev was fined 1000 rubles according to the first article and 10 thousand according to the second. He carried the flag of Britain.

The court announced that the activists participated in the "inconsistent demonstration" under the slogan in support of peaceful Russia and cooperation with the Western countries. "

Kozhevatova after the detention on May 1 spent the night in the police department in the cell, where it smelled very well. At the trial, she complained of a headache, she was taken to the hospital, but after the examination they returned to court.

According to the FB page "Solidarity of St. Petersburg", on Monday morning, employees of the criminal investigation department stopped the work of Asan Mumji, who was also detained for participating in an anti-war action. The security forces demanded that the activist proceed with them, but he refused to obey, demanding to call him a summons.

On May 1, in St. Petersburg , 10 participants in an anti -war column with foreign flags were detained at the demonstration. In addition to Trudov, Kozhevatova, Charusheva and Mumji, Vsevolod Nevelev, Vladimir Shipitsyn, Natalya Voznesenskaya, Tatyana Sichkareva, Irina Saiconen and Tatyana Baburina were delivered to the police. As reported by the ATS-Info, seven people from the department were taken away by ambulance, two more were left until Monday.

The next day, police officers came to all participants in the action. Sichkareva opened the door for them, and she was taken to the 43rd police department, where she was left until Monday.