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Detentions of participants in May Day protests began in Russian cities. OVD-Info is online
In different cities, May Day actions are accompanied by detentions. Many are detained even before the events.
OVD-Info is online , in which it collects all known information about detentions.
11:25
According to the latest data, 10 people were detained in St. Petersburg, one was detained in Kursk. Previously, at least 11 people were detained in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and seven people in Tomsk (they are already at large). In total, on May 1, at least 29 people were detained in connection with the protests .
In addition, in Moscow on the evening of April 30, six activists of the Popular Resistance Association were detained. After a preventive conversation with employees of the Center for Combating Extremism, they were released, ordered not to attend public events until May 9.
8:30
In Moscow, it is known that in connection with the May Day demonstrations, seven people were detained in Tomsk and more than ten people in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. All the detainees have already been released.