In the city of Pushkin, St. Petersburg, police detained activist Vadim Kazak. It is reported by North-West. MBKh media” with reference to the detainee himself.
The activist was taken to police station No. 76.
“I went to the bus stop near my house, and instead of the bus, a police car pulled up. It’s good that I didn’t have props with me: they would have taken it away too, ”said Kazak.
He suggests that his detention is connected with the Leviathan Hammer action, which took place on July 4th. During the action, the Cossack stood with a fake hammer in a suit, mask and with a sign "Police state". With a hammer, the Cossack swung at a flower on which was written "Sprouts of freethinking."
Earlier Kazak was detained on June 30 near his house. On that day, he was going to arrange a performance against the acting governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov. On June 25, the activist was detained at the subway exit. Then a rally was planned in the city in support of eco-activists of the Arkhangelsk region, who were protesting against the construction of a landfill in Shiyes.
In May, Vadim Kazak was fined 20,000 rubles under part 1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for holding a public event by its organizer) for a single picket against the acting governor of the city Alexander Beglov.