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Leonid Volkov arrested for 15 days for an action against pension reform in St. Petersburg

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow re-arrested Leonid Volkov for an action against raising the retirement age, which took place on September 9, 2018. Volkov received 15 days for the rally in St. Petersburg, on the day he left the special detention center, where he spent 20 days for the rally in Moscow. It is reported by Mediazona .

The court found Volkov guilty of holding a public event that interfered with the movement. When he was sent under arrest on May 22 for a rally in Moscow, the oppositionist was found guilty of holding a public event that caused damage to property.

Eight more cities were present in the case file, where protests were held on September 9 against raising the retirement age. “The police directly say that the rest of the cities will also be used. If so, they will keep Leonid until October,” noted earlier today . FBK Director Ivan Zhdanov

Mass protests took place on September 9 in dozens of cities. More than a thousand people were detained . Volkov conducted a video broadcast of the action on YouTube, while being in a studio in Vilnius.