Ex-chairman of the Open Russia branch Andrei Pivovarov was detained in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, the police detained the former chairman of the Open Russia movement, Andrei Pivovarov, near his house, he announced this on his Twitter.

The police claim that a statement has been written against the activist. About what - not specified.

13:26 Pivovarov was detained for the rally on July 24, reports . Apologia Protest

• On April 26, 2017, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office declared a number of organizations associated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky undesirable. The list includes UK-registered OR Otkrytaya Rossia, Open Russia Civic Movement, Open Russia and Institute of Modern Russia, Inc, registered in the USA. The Russian authorities believe that the Open Russia movement is related to these legal entities, and therefore is also an undesirable organization on the territory of the Russian Federation.