In Ulan-Ude, police detained participants of the “Open Mic”

In Ulan-Ude, the police detained the participants of the "Open Microphone", which was held on the square of the Soviets. This was reported to the OVD-Info hotline by one of the detainees, Lilia Donskaya.

On April 2, activists of the Republic of Buryatia YouTube channel took to Sovetov Square to hold the traditional Open Microphone, during which everyone is invited to comment on the situation in the region. According to the bloggers, the police began arrests at the moment when they started singing the anthem of the Republic of Buryatia at the end of the event.

In total, the police detained four people on Sovetov Square, one of the authors of the "Republic of Buryatia" Dmitry Bairov blocked himself in the car. The detainees were initially taken to the police department in the Sovetsky district, where at least six more local residents who came to support the bloggers were detained. According to the publication "Siberia. Realii”, among the detainees are Lilia Donskaya, Elvira Endonova, Evgeny Grizhenko and Sergey Kislov; later, Bair Nemaev was detained, who came to the police to support them.

Donskaya and another detainee were transferred by the police to another department - in the Zheleznodorozhny district, where they began to threaten to leave her for 48 hours.

According to the detainees, protocols are drawn up against them under articles 6.3 (violation of the self-isolation regime) and 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (failure to comply with the requirements of the police).

April 3

11:45 The detainees were left overnight until the trial, which should take place on the afternoon of April 3, lawyer Sergei Fedorov told the Siberia. Reality". The lawyer noted that without the introduction of an emergency situation, Article 6.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses cannot be applied.