Detentions in St. Petersburg due to a rally against pension reform

Detentions began at a rally against pension reform. This was reported by Activatika correspondent Timofey Tumashevich.

St. Petersburg-zaOVD-InfoAccording to him, there are 14 people in the paddy wagon. Two of them are 17 years old. This information was confirmed by the Detainees Assistance Group.

Another detainee said that he was crossing the road near St. Isaac’s Square when he was detained by riot police and “thrown into a paddy wagon.” Another detainee said that he was simply walking along Nevsky Prospekt. As Timofey Tumashevich says, the protesters were rounded up and politely led into a paddy wagon. Like Mediazona, the action was not coordinated, and the organizers wanted to hold it in the form of a city tour, handing out red cards to participants. After the start of the procession, the police blocked their way and did not let them onto Nevsky Prospekt. Three detainees from the paddy wagon were left in the 76th police department, one of them, activist of the Revolutionary Workers' Party Dmitry Kovalev, said. According to him, their passports were taken away

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UPD 20:30 UPD 20:55 According to the “Assistance Group for Detainees”, the rest may be taken to police department No. 26. Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov writes on Twitter that one of the first to be detained was Grigory, a member of the Human Rights Council and a priest of the Apostolic Church.

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Two detainees were left in the 76th police department, reports the Detainees Assistance Group.

UPD 21:06 17-year-old “Mediazona” about 17 detainees. Activists from the Detainee Assistance Group say they have been informed of random detentions, but there is no exact information about this yet. The nine detainees have been driven around the city in a paddy wagon for about three hours. Boris Vishnevsky, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly from Yabloko, caught up with the paddy wagon and at the stop gave water to the detainees, but they were not given it. This was reported by a member of the “Group for Assistance to Detainees in St. Petersburg.”

UPD 21:14 reports St. Petersburg

UPD 22:35 OVD-InfoNine detainees were taken to police department No. 78. Another detainee, Roman, is in police department No. 1. He was detained for filming riot police on St. Isaac's Square. A report was drawn up against him under Part 2 of Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code - petty hooliganism involving disobedience to the police.

UPD 22:54

Two minors were released from the department with their parents, reports the “Group for Assistance to Detainees in St. Petersburg.”

UPD 23:06 Nine people are left overnight in police department No. 78. In department 76, reports have not yet been drawn up on the detainees. But they are told that they are charged with violating the rules of the rally. According to the Detainees Assistance Group, they are asked to wait for the arrival of the local police officer to draw up a report. All nine were photographed. The employees of Center “E” are trying to talk to them.

UPD 23:25

UPD 00:02 In the group “Help to detainees in St. Petersburg”, that all detainees were released from police departments. It is clarified that before this, an ambulance came to one of them - Ivan Ovsyannikov.

UPD writes on July 19. An hour later, the man was released, having drawn up a protocol under Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code (holding a public event without giving notice). A similar report was drawn up against another detainee, Alexei Lane.

After this, everyone was gradually released from police departments No. 76 and No. 78, the latter at three in the morning.

Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov confirmed this information on his Twitter. He added that protocols were drawn up against the remaining detainees under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for holding a public event).