Open Russia human rights coordinator detained in Penza

Alexey Pryanishnikov, human rights coordinator of the Open Russia movement, was detained in Penza. this on his Twitter . announced Dmitry Semyonov, a member of the federal council of the movement,

Tomorrow Open Russia opens a new branch in Penza.

UPD 20:41 Olga Zhulimova, coordinator of the Penza branch of Open Russia, is invited to the police.

Pryanishnikov was taken to the police department, where they demanded that he give explanations about the planned opening of the Open Russia branch in Penza, and also read him a warning about the inadmissibility of participating in the activities of an organization whose activities were recognized as undesirable on the territory of Russia.

As a result, the police brought witnesses who did not have passports, and in their presence they drew up a report on the delivery of Pryanishnikov to the police department. The detainee was then released.

• On April 26, 2017, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office declared a number of organizations associated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky undesirable. The list includes the UK-registered OR Otkrytaya Rossia and the Open Russia Civic Movement (Open Russia), the Institute of Modern Russia, Inc, registered in the USA .
• The Russian movement "Open Russia" was not banned. Nevertheless, in December 2017, Roskomnadzor entered the website of the Open Russia media project into the register of banned sites. Access to the sites "Open Elections", "Open University" and khodorkovsky.ru was closed.