A picketer with a poster “Leave the baton, take off the helmet, we are one people” was detained in Moscow

On Nikolskaya Street in the center of Moscow, a picketer and a young man who was distributing leaflets were detained, reports . OVD-Info

The detainee's name is Ekaterina Zakharova, the young man is a minor. Zakharova stood with a poster “Leave the baton, take off the helmet, we are one people,” and a young man nearby was handing out leaflets to passers-by.

They were taken to the Kitay-gorod police station. According to her, they are trying to take away Zakharova’s passport.

in the center of Moscow On July 27, a mass rally took place in support of independent candidates for the City Duma, who were denied registration. According to OVD-Info estimates, police detained 1,388 people. Security forces beat the rally participants with batons, and designer Konstantin Konovalov, who was detained several hours before the rally, had his leg broken .