In Moscow, near a rally against the transfer of the Kuril Islands, an artist was detained with a sign The Islands are mine

In Moscow, near Suvorov Square, where a concerted rally against the transfer of the Kuril Islands to Japan took place, an artist and student of the Stroganov Academy, Igor Kochetkov, was detained with a wooden sign. Kochetkov himself announced his detention.

because of OVD-InfoAs the young man said, he was heading to the square to see his friend, a participant in the rally. He had with him a kitchen board with the inscription The Islands are mine in English and Japanese. According to Kochetkov, he hung the sign around his neck two weeks ago and just walked around Moscow with it without political goals.

At first I tried to go to the rally. They explained to me several times tactfully, then completely tactlessly, that I had no right to go there with the tablet. When I started to leave there, he grabbed me from behind, I tried to take my hand off, then eight more hands grabbed me, and I flew into the paddy wagon like old man Hottabych.

someone's airplane carpet At the moment, Kochetkov was taken to the Meshchansky police department. A protocol is drawn up against him under the article on disobedience to police officers (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). Before that, he was taken to an examination of his blood alcohol content and to the emergency room. No alcohol was found in the blood, and there were no injuries.

After drawing up the protocol, Kochetkov was left overnight at the Meshchansky police station until the trial.

UPD 19:30