In St. Petersburg, a defense lawyer is not allowed to see those detained at a rally in support of Sentsov

In St. Petersburg, the public defender Sergei Ovchinnikov is not allowed into police station No. He told OVD-Info about this.

“The detainees petitioned to let me in. Thus, their right to protection is violated,” says Sergey Ovchinnikov.

He has been standing at the police station for about three hours. The arrest itself was about five hours ago. The duty officer, according to Ovchinnikov, tells him that "there is nothing to get acquainted with yet."

“They say “wait, soon,” but they don’t name a specific time,” the defender said.

At about five o'clock in the evening on the University Embankment, the police detained eight people.