In Novy Urengoy, the organizer of a protest against raising the retirement age was detained

In Novy Urengoy, at a rally of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation against raising the retirement age, its organizer Alexander Shmal was detained. The reason was the excess of the declared number of participants, writes Ura. Ru.

Shmal was taken to the police department, where he wrote an explanation, the newspaper reports.