Two activists were detained near the presidential administration building in Moscow

In Moscow, two people were detained near the building of the presidential administration, standing in single pickets because of the murder of activist Elena Grigoryeva. This was reported to OVD-Info by acquaintances of the detainees.

Leonid Krieger stood with a banner in a single picket. Members of the SERB movement surrounded him, and a police officer approached. Krieger rolled up the poster while talking to the policeman. Yulian Lashkin, who was standing nearby, thought that Krieger had finished picketing, and unfolded his poster.

At that moment, both of them were detained for violating the rules of single picketing.

19:15 The detainees are taken to the Kitai-Gorod police station

22:50 Both detainees were released from the Kitai-Gorod police station with administrative protocols under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the established procedure for holding an event). Julian Lashkin's court hearing was scheduled for August 8 at the Tverskoy Court.

• On July 21, Elena Grigoryeva, an LGBT activist from St. Petersburg, was found murdered near her home. She died from stab wounds.