Participants of the rally in support of Oleg Sentsov were detained in Moscow

In Moscow, ten participants in a rally in support of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov were detained at the monument to Griboyedov. This was reported by one of the detainees, Konstantin Kotov.

OVD-InfoThe reason for the detention was not explained to the protesters. According to Kotov, the detention took place in a rude manner. Now the detainees are being taken to the police station in the Basmanny District.

Among the detainees are Konstantin Kotov, Tatyana Shapiro, Olga Mazurova, Vadim Tsvetkov, Vladimir Maksakov, Alexey Belenkin, Irina Galkova, Dmitry Ermoltsev, Shura Burtin, Ekaterina Sirenkina. They were brought to the Basmanny District police station.

UPD 19:35 Another participant was detained at the rally, she was also taken to the police station in the Basmanny district.

UPD 20:27 All detainees were released from the police department. Protocols were drawn up against them under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the rules for holding a rally).

UPD 00:00 An action was held at the monument to Griboyedov on Chistye Prudy, timed to coincide with the hundredth day of Oleg Sentsov's hunger strike.

• Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian director who was sent to the 20th maximum security colony for alleged terrorist acts in the form of arson on the door of the United Russia office in Crimea, as well as for allegedly preparing for them and illegal trafficking in explosives. sentenced - on May 14, Sentsov went on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners. announced - known information about 88 people associated with Ukraine and persecuted by the Russian authorities. Among these people there are both those deprived of liberty and those sentenced to suspended sentences, which means their movements are limited. OVD-Info collected