The administrator of the chat where supporters of the people's gathering in Vladikavkaz communicated was interrogated by the local investigative committee

The administrator of the chat of supporters of the people's gathering in Vladikavkaz, Arsen Besolov, who was detained in Moscow on April 29, was released after interrogation in Vladikavkaz. “Apology of Protest” writes about this with reference to the Investigative Committee. However, Besolov's whereabouts still remain unknown.

The chat, whose administrator was Besolov, was attached to the channel of the previously arrested opera singer and COVID-dissident Vadim Cheldiev. Chat participants discussed a national gathering against the self-isolation regime.

15:50 . Besolov was found at the Vladikavkaz Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is being held in a room for administrative detainees. FSB officers took him there. Lawyer Kamill Dzotsiev is refused access to the detainee. This is reported by “Apology of Protest”.

• Vadim Cheldiev is a COVID dissident who accused the North Ossetian authorities of lying in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. On April 24, he was charged under Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code (public dissemination of knowingly false information) and Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against a government official).
• On April 21, the Leninsky District Court of Vladikavkaz arrested Cheldiev for two months, who had previously called on people to rally against the restrictive measures introduced due to the coronavirus. According to investigators, Cheldiev hit the employee of Center “E” several times in the face, who escorted him after his arrest in St. Petersburg.
• On April 20, a public gathering against the self-isolation regime took place in the center of Vladikavkaz. About two thousand people took part in the action. The protesters were brutally dispersed by riot police, and as a result, 69 people were detained.